From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmaidmaid /meɪd/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 BODHa female servant, especially in a large house or hotel a kitchen maid2 WOMAN old use a woman or girl who is not married → old maid
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maid• He had more than an hour to fill in before the meal: he had a maid bring him beer.• One afternoon as he was hacking away on his violin, a maid appeared with a message from below.• A maid pushed her cleaning cart down the path toward the cottages out back.• The maid came into the room with a platter of sliced beef.• She became a ward maid in a hospital.• Weekly maid and household laundry service included.Origin maid (1100-1200) maiden 