Maid Maid

Maid - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Ayah, Babe, Baby, Chaperon, Chick, Cook, Daily, Dame, Doll, Domestic, Duenna

A maidservant or in current usage maid is a female employed in domestic service. Once part of an elaborate hierachy in great houses, today the maid may be the only domestic worker that middle and even upper-income households can afford. In the West, comparatively few households can afford live-in domestic help, usually compromising on periodic cleaners. In less developed nations, fewer educated women and limited opportunities for working women ensures a labour source for domestic work.

Maids perform typical domestic chores such as cooking, ironing, washing, cleaning the house, grocery shopping, walking the family dog, and taking care of children. In some countries, maids take on the role of a nurse in taking care of the elderly and people with disabilities. Maids are often expected to work at least fifteen hours per day.


A maid is also an archaic word for an unmarried woman or a virgin.

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Example Usage of Maid

domdominique: sims anak laki2 saya ada yang ganteng mampus lhooo..gk tau knp bangga sendiri..trus cowo yang ganteng2 smuanya job nya Maid,tanya kenapa
esskay: @Animalhouse35 I want a private pool...and a Maid. Well, if I'm paying, I'm going too...
CaitlynSOcool: I already know that when I get married that @Kayleen_RAWR is DEFINATELY my Maid of honor, and of course, the godmother if any kids I have :)
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