maid

Pronunciation: /meɪd/

The English word “maid” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
An adult or adolescent female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant). (In feudal times this could be anyone from a high-ranking assistant to a low-ranking cleaner.)
A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.

verb

To serve as lady's maid to, to wait upon.

Etymology

From Middle English mayde, maide, abbreviation of Middle English maiden from Old English mæġden (Old English mǣden). Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (“girl, virgin”).

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