housemaid

• house maid
• house-maid

From house +‎ maid.

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housemaid (plural housemaids)

 

1. A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid.
2. (derogatory) A housewife.

housemaid (third-person singular simple present housemaids, present participle housemaiding, simple past and past participle housemaided)

1. To be a housemaid.
2. To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.

• housegirl
• housemaid's knee