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as in housekeepers
a female domestic servant
hired a maid to do the housework after the baby was born
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as in girls
a young unmarried woman
a dance where the fair maids and handsome bucks of the village hoped to meet one another
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Recent Examples of maids
Elsewhere in the castle, Malcolm’s sister, Maura Grant, comes across Dougal shtupping one of her maids up against a wall.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025
As such, the race is on to get these budding butlers, maids, and models into the workforce.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
But the tax benefit will also extend to gambling dealers, clowns, DJs, entertainers, content creators, maids, electricians, plumbers, babysitters, drivers and more.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Chastain portrayed Celia Foote in the drama based on Kathryn Stockett's novel of the same name about a white journalist chronicling the lives of Black maids working for white households in 1960s Mississippi.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025
Her mother was a nurse, her aunts and distant cousins all nurses and maids and cleaners scattered everywhere from Jeddah to Singapore to Rome.
—Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
The girl one summer was no longer there, and Goher later realized that noone was talking about this because having young maids was not legal but common.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025
As such, the race is on to get these budding butlers, maids, and models into the workforce.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
But the tax benefit will also extend to gambling dealers, clowns, DJs, entertainers, content creators, maids, electricians, plumbers, babysitters, drivers and more.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Chastain portrayed Celia Foote in the drama based on Kathryn Stockett's novel of the same name about a white journalist chronicling the lives of Black maids working for white households in 1960s Mississippi.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025
Her mother was a nurse, her aunts and distant cousins all nurses and maids and cleaners scattered everywhere from Jeddah to Singapore to Rome.
—Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
The girl one summer was no longer there, and Goher later realized that noone was talking about this because having young maids was not legal but common.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maids
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However, the complaint claims neither Carnival’s cabin stewards nor the housekeepers ever took any action.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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The children's longtime nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, and the housekeepers will likely stay on other smaller properties on the estate, the outlet reported.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Parents and alumni of Jesuit High School in Carmichael are doggedly fighting back against the Catholic all-boys school’s recent decision to begin accepting girls in 2027.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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The 15 families who are suing the Christian girls’ summer camp lost daughters who were campers and counselors, including several from the Dallas area.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Nov. 2025
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This is a 1,000 year old tradition where two maidens are chosen to be slaughtered as repentance to one of their goddesses.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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Prized 2-year-olds trained by Bob Baffert ran an impressive 1-2 in their debuts in Sunday’s opening race, a six-furlong test for maidens.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Maids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maids. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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