as in housekeeper
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of chambermaid
Slavin wanted to pursue wilder game while remaining smack in the realm of the ordinary: hot-dog vendors, bodybuilders, cheerleaders, synchronized swimmers, Elizabeth Arden masseuses, Santa’s Helpers, Biltmore Hotel chambermaids, fire-department chaplains.
—
Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2024
Sandra points out that chambermaids and barmaids are often powerless to resist their employers’ advances and that the Americans’ less class-conscious but more consensual approach to coupling is more equitable.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024
The second floor houses a Theater Room Museum where distinct outlines of sleeping bodies have been found in the dust on the beds — sightings that have been attributed to a former chambermaid.
—Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 27 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, the rakish Airk is making time with Dove (Ellie Bamber), a chambermaid ensnared in a messy, upstairs-downstairs love affair, as television chambermaids so often are.
—Joshua Alston, Variety, 30 Nov. 2022
See All Example Sentences for chambermaid
Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2024
Sandra points out that chambermaids and barmaids are often powerless to resist their employers’ advances and that the Americans’ less class-conscious but more consensual approach to coupling is more equitable.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024
The second floor houses a Theater Room Museum where distinct outlines of sleeping bodies have been found in the dust on the beds — sightings that have been attributed to a former chambermaid.
—Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 27 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, the rakish Airk is making time with Dove (Ellie Bamber), a chambermaid ensnared in a messy, upstairs-downstairs love affair, as television chambermaids so often are.
—Joshua Alston, Variety, 30 Nov. 2022
See All Example Sentences for chambermaid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chambermaid
Noun
-
Many are the children of immigrants who work or worked as nannies, caregivers to the elderly, housekeepers and gardeners.—
Daisy Verduzco Reyes,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
-
Her relationships with her father, godmother and confidante, Lizzie, who is a housekeeper for the Murray family, are wonderfully well-written.—
The Know,
The Denver Post,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
-
In the thriller, Sweeney will play Millie, a struggling young woman who is relieved to get a fresh start as a housemaid to upscale, wealthy couple Nina (Seyfried) and Andrew.—
Vincent Perella,
IndieWire,
7 Mar. 2025
-
Here, Trent offers us a clock mender whose friend is facing sedition charges as part of a crackdown on political reading clubs, and a housemaid whose testimony might exonerate her.—
Olivia Waite,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
Diminutive Darcy Rose Byrnes makes for a terrific waif of a hotel maid, her presence central to the action.—
Christopher Smith,
Orange County Register,
17 Mar. 2025
-
His father was a bartender and his mother a hotel maid.—
Matt Brown,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
Young is well-known for her work with Habitat for Humanity, having been charwoman of the Meeker County chapter since 1995.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
-
From Bessie’s spitfire frenemy, the charwoman Mrs. Grogan (a feisty Sarah Morris), to the blowsy, good-natured prostitute, Rosie Redmond (Anna Healy), the story conjures an entire community, then rips the tattered rug of their lives out from under them.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
13 Oct. 2023
Noun
-
This helps explain why the maidservant was subjected to multiple inspections, with a succession of witnesses rooting around beneath Hall’s skirts and petticoats for firm proof.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2024
-
In 1627, a professional lace-maker named Thomasine Hall boarded a ship in England and arrived at Jamestown, Virginia, to become a maidservant in the household of a man named John Tyos.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2024
Noun
-
This first attendant is someone who has already gone through her own ceremony.—
Alejandra Rubio,
NPR,
29 Mar. 2025
-
At the time, each team’s clubhouse attendant was often responsible for grinding up rosin in a blender and throwing it in a sock.—
Jason Mastrodonato,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Chambermaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chambermaid. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share