kitchen maid
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈkɪtʃən meɪd/
- Archaic
:
cocinera
- The kitchen maid prepared dinner for the family every evening.
- two kitchen maids
- one kitchen maid
Examples
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The kitchen maid prepared some dough, baked a pie with eel and raisins, and hid it in the flour bin.
Fiction book (1998) -
Yesterday morning, she had received a telegram at the inn in Kanda Ogawacho, in Tokyo, where she worked as a kitchen maid.
Fiction book (1999) -
I was the kitchen maid and the cook was a bisom.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Of course, sir," a kitchen maid exclaimed.
Fiction book (1998) -
But tell me, how did you ever climb from the kitchen maid's daughter to Lady Moorepark?
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The chef was in his kitchen, with the kitchen maid; the laundress was in the laundry room; the houseman was in his little room next to the elevator; the upstairs maid was upstairs.
Academic text (1994) -
Aside from a slight rash of splinters in fingers among the boys hauling in wood for the fires, and a similar outbreak of scalds and burns among the busy kitchen maids, there were no accidents either.
Fiction book (1991) -
The mouse hid in the flour, and the cat ate the pie; when the kitchen maid opened the bin, the mouse sprang out, but the cat just purred contentedly and clearly had no intention whatsoever of catching the mouse.
Fiction book (1998) -
One of the kitchen maids was responsible for cleaning the dining room after meals.
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Each morning, the kitchen maid helped bake fresh bread for breakfast.
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
14
5.8
A person who works in a home doing cleaning and cooking
8
2.4
A woman paid to clean and do other jobs in a home
7
3.5
A young woman who works in a house to help with chores
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9.9
A kitchen worker who does dirty, simple jobs like washing dishes
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7.1
A woman who works in a home doing cleaning and cooking
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2.3
A person who works in a home doing cleaning, cooking and other daily tasks
1
2.6
A person paid to clean and cook in a home
1
2.5
A person who helps in a restaurant kitchen with preparing food and cleaning
A person who cleans, cooks, or does other work in a home
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a female servant who works in the kitchen' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'kitchen' (room for cooking) with 'maid' (female servant). This noun+noun composition follows a common, cross-linguistic modifier pattern and would be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Kitchen maid comes from old large houses where the kitchen was the room for cooking and a maid was a young woman who worked there, helping to prepare food and clean. That's why it means 'a female servant who helps with cooking and cleaning'.