housemaid
8
2.4
- noun
- /ˈhaʊsˌmeɪd/
:
sirvienta
- The housemaid quickly cleaned the kitchen before the family returned home.
- work as a housemaid
So this woman is recruited to become a housemaid for a rich family.
- So this woman is recruited to become a housemaid for a rich family.
Examples
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About six months later, she went to Kuwait to work as a housemaid.
Academic text (2006) -
I heard you're looking for a housemaid.
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Do we have a new housemaid?
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Anyway, we have a new housemaid.
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So this woman is recruited to become a housemaid for a rich family.
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Because of financial difficulties, Renu had gone to work as a housemaid in a Middle Eastern country.
Academic text (2006) -
She looks like she'd make a wonderful housemaid.
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One afternoon, she left the children with the housemaid and went, ostensibly for a social visit, to Eeva's flat.
Fiction book (1992) -
The turkey is ordered, and my housemaid is on standby to help with peeling vegetables and washing up.
Blog text (19) -
I bundled all the papers back into the folder before one of the housemaids came to help me undress for the night.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
422
1.0
A person who works in someone's home doing jobs like cooking and cleaning
264
1.0
A woman paid to clean and cook in another person's home
110
1.1
A person who manages household chores and keeps the home clean
27
1.0
A woman who cleans houses or offices for pay
14
5.8
A person who works in a home doing cleaning and cooking
12
8.2
A woman who serves a lady and helps with household tasks
8
8.0
A woman who helps and cares for another person in a household
7
3.5
A young woman who works in a house to help with chores
6
1.3
A woman who is paid to clean houses or offices regularly
3
7.1
A woman who works in a home doing cleaning and cooking
1
2.3
A person who works in a home doing cleaning, cooking and other daily tasks
1
1.9
A person who cleans homes for money
1
5.1
A girl or young woman who works in a home doing chores
1
9.9
A woman who works in a family's home doing cooking and cleaning, often in South or East Asia
1
2.6
A person paid to clean and cook in a home
1
9.9
A woman who cleans houses or offices for pay
1
9.7
A woman who cleans houses or offices, often in the past
A person who cleans, cooks, or does other work in a home
How Responsible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Housemaid comes from two simple words: house and maid, and maid once meant 'young woman' or 'female servant'. So a housemaid is a person, traditionally a woman, who works and cleans in a house.