maid
IPA: mˈeɪd
noun
- (dated or poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
- A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
- (archaic) A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.
- (Canada) Acronym of medical assistance in dying.
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Examples of "maid" in Sentences
- Enter a maid, gazing at a mango branch, and behind her, a second_.) _First maid_.
- The children ask their mother when "auntie" - what they called the maid, is coming back.
- Little wonder that Elomire's maid is nearly mute; grotesque corruption can leave one speechless.
- Got my truck washed too in case they need it for some reason as the maid is always getting me to take her somewhere.
- Our maid is 4 months pregnant and has complications where she needs to rest (actually lie down most of the time) and cannot work.
- What a man with a good horse, and good wine, and good tobacco, wanteth a wife for, passeth my understanding, but I know thou art young, and the maid is a fair one.
- - Her "maid" is poor Kirkcaldy Helen, one of the notabilities, and also blessings here; who staid with us (thanks chiefly, almost wholly, to the admirable/management/) for nearly twelve years on a stretch.
- The gist of this cinematic gem is that an ordinary family wins a rather unordinary prize -- a smart house, complete with a holographic live-in maid who does everything from cleaning to cooking to mothering this single-parent family.
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