noun
- a female servant who does housework
- an unmarried young woman
Usage: archaic; literary
Examples
- The hotel maid cleaned our room every morning.
- They hired a maid to help with the housework.
- The maid dusted the furniture and vacuumed the carpets.
- She worked as a maid in a wealthy family’s home.
- The fairy tale featured a beautiful maid who lived in the forest.
- In old stories, the knight would rescue the fair maid.