Associations to the word «Housemaid»

Wiktionary

HOUSEMAID, noun. A female servant attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house. (as opposed to a scullery maid.)
HOUSEMAID, noun. (derogatory) a housewife.
HOUSEMAID, verb. To be a housemaid.
HOUSEMAID, verb. To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.

Dictionary definition

HOUSEMAID, noun. A female domestic.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats