chambermaid

noun

cham·​ber·​maid ˈchām-bər-ˌmād How to pronounce chambermaid (audio)
: a maid who makes beds and does general cleaning of bedrooms (as in a hotel)

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Prior soon learned that a job agency had sent the teenager, who couldn’t read, to seek employment at the house as a chambermaid. Jenna Deep, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025 Her follow-up project, The Hotel (1981), saw Calle assuming the role of chambermaid at a Venetian inn. airmail.news, 26 Oct. 2024 It’s based on the true story of a Jewish child in 1850s Italy who was secretly baptized by a chambermaid and then abducted by the papal police and raised Catholic. Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024 Their home is gone, and her mother works as a chambermaid at the hotel, keeping her long black hair pinned under a cap. Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for chambermaid

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First Known Use

1578, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of chambermaid was in 1578

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“Chambermaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chambermaid. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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chambermaid

noun
cham·​ber·​maid ˈchām-bər-ˌmād How to pronounce chambermaid (audio)
: a maid who takes care of bedrooms (as in a hotel)

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