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as in housekeeper
a female domestic servant
hired a maid to do the housework after the baby was born
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as in girl
a young unmarried woman
a dance where the fair maids and handsome bucks of the village hoped to meet one another
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Recent Examples of maid
But Turtle Bay is no longer particularly desirable, nor are the exceptionally large, often outdated apartments in the building, which not infrequently have warrens of maids’ rooms and stodgy last-century décor (5,000-square-foot-plus five-bedrooms can be had for as little as $5.25 million).
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2025
Turner, Bertha's former lady's maid—following her husband's death.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
And wait… isn’t that Simon Fraser’s young maid and the Grants’ bladier?
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Aug. 2025
Agnes is a young maid-of-honour, blonde, and agreeable.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2025
Turner, Bertha's former lady's maid—following her husband's death.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
And wait… isn’t that Simon Fraser’s young maid and the Grants’ bladier?
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Aug. 2025
Agnes is a young maid-of-honour, blonde, and agreeable.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maid
Noun
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The best bit for the housekeepers?—
Mattias Goldmann,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Last year, while our house was being vacuumed by a housekeeper, Butch bit her on her calf.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Unlike the Panthère—crowned the it girl watch of the 2020s—or the Tank Française, with its royal pedigree, the Demoiselle remained overlooked.—
Malaika Crawford,
Vogue,
13 Sep. 2025
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The track is credited to fictional girl group Huntr/x, as well as the three women who actually perform as the characters in the movie, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Hernandez rode 18 of Baffert’s 24 winners, including eight wins in 2-year-old maiden races.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Sep. 2025
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Brant, the $3 million 2-year-old whose maiden victory in July produced a 101 Beyer speed figure, the best by a horse his age in 2025; Balboa, third to Brant in that maiden race; Desert Gate, 2 for 2 after winning the Best Pal Stakes, and Litmus Test, an $875,000 yearling who won first time out.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Maid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maid. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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