Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [meyd]
- /meɪd/
- /meɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [meyd]
- /meɪd/
Definitions of maid word
- noun maid a female servant. 1
- noun maid a girl or young unmarried woman. 1
- noun maid Archaic. a virgin. 1
- noun maid A female domestic servant. 1
- noun maid domestic servant 1
- noun maid unmarried girl 1
Information block about the term
Origin of maid
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English; apocopated variant of maiden
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Maid
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
maid popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
maid usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for maid
noun maid
- girl — a female child, from birth to full growth.
- au pair — An au pair is a young person from a foreign country who lives with a family in order to learn the language and who helps to look after the children.
- biddy — If someone describes an old woman as an old biddy, they are saying in an unkind way that they think she is silly or unpleasant.
- woman — the female human being, as distinguished from a girl or a man.
- help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
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