maid
n
1 Archaic or literary a young unmarried girl; maiden
b (in combination)
a housemaid
3 a spinster (C12: shortened form of maiden) ♦
maidish adj ♦
maidishness n
lady's maid
n a personal servant to a woman, esp. in matters of dress and toilet
Maid Marian
n
1 a character in morris dancing, played by a man dressed as a woman
2 (Legend) the sweetheart of Robin Hood
maid of all work
n
1 a maid who does all types of housework
maid of honour
n
1 (U.S. and Canadian) the principal unmarried attendant of a bride
Compare →
bridesmaid →
matron of honour
2 (Brit) a small tart with an almond-flavoured filling
3 an unmarried lady attending a queen or princess
Maid of Orléans
n the. another name for →
Joan of Arc
meter maid
n
Informal a female traffic warden
old maid
n
1 a woman regarded as unlikely ever to marry; spinster
2 Informal a prim, fastidious, or excessively cautious person
3 a card game using a pack from which one card has been removed, in which players try to avoid holding the unpaired card at the end of the game
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old-maidish adj
English Collins Dictionary - English Definition & Thesaurus
maid
1 damsel, girl, lass, lassie (informal) maiden, miss, nymph (poetic) wench
2 abigail (archaic) handmaiden (archaic) housemaid, maidservant, servant, serving-maid
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