Definition of Maid

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Definition of Maid

Maid

An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.

A man who has not had sexual intercourse.

A female servant.

The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (R. clavata).

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Maid Quotations

Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.
William Blake

I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool.
Natalie Wood

Money is only useful when you get rid of it. It is like the odd card in "Old Maid"; the player who is finally left with it has lost.
Evelyn Waugh

Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks great in wedding pictures and passes the maid of honor his telephone number.
Anna Quindlen

My mother said it was simple to keep a man, you must be a maid in the living room, a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom. I said I'd hire the other two and take care of the bedroom bit.
Jerry Hall

The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.
Edward Young

There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny.
Lafcadio Hearn

Lives in previous centuries for women are largely a matter of class. It would have been fun to have been a rich, privileged woman in the 18th century, but no fun at all to be her maid.
Antonia Fraser

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.
Charles Kingsley

In one hotel, the maid who built the fire fainted in our room. Exhaustion was the cause. We talked with her later and learned that she worked 17 hours a day and makes 95 marks a month - about 50 cents.
Agnes Smedley

Maid Translations

maid in Afrikaans is bediende
maid in Danish is tjener, stuepige
maid in Dutch is dienstmeisje, dienares, meid
maid in Italian is domestica, fantesca
maid in Spanish is chacha, sirvienta, criada

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