| NOUN | person | maidservant, maid, housemaid, amah | a female domestic |
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| Meaning | A female domestic. | |
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| Synonyms | maid, housemaid, amah | |
| Narrower | chambermaid, fille de chambre | A maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels) |
| handmaid, handmaiden | A personal maid or female attendant | |
| lady's maid | A maid who is a lady's personal attendant | |
| parlormaid, parlourmaid | A maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door | |
| Broader | domestic, domestic help, house servant | A servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household |
| Catalan | minyona | |
| Spanish | criada | |