1. female domestic servants who clean and maintain a house

Examples

• The wealthy family employed three housemaids to keep their mansion spotless.
• Victorian households often relied on housemaids for daily cleaning tasks.
• The housemaids worked early in the morning before the family woke up.
• She trained the new housemaids in proper dusting techniques.
• The hotel hired additional housemaids during the busy summer season.
• Many housemaids in the 1920s lived in the homes where they worked.