'Maid' definitions:
Definition of 'maid'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Maid'
From: GCIDE
- Maid \Maid\, n. [Shortened from maiden. ?. See Maiden.]
- 1. An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden. [1913 Webster]
- Would I had died a maid, And never seen thee, never borne thee son. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me. --Jer. ii. 32. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A man who has not had sexual intercourse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Christ was a maid and shapen as a man. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A female servant. [1913 Webster]
- Spinning amongst her maids. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Maid is used either adjectively or in composition, signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Zool.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback ({Raia clavata}). [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- Fair maid. (Zool.) See under Fair, a.
- Maid of honor, a female attendant of a queen or royal princess; -- usually of noble family, and having to perform only nominal or honorary duties.
- Old maid. See under Old. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'maid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abigail,
- amah,
- au pair girl,
- ayah,
- babe,
- baby,
- bachelor girl,
- betweenmaid,
- biddy,
- broad,
- chambermaid,
- chaperon,
- chick,
- colleen,
- companion,
- cook,
- cutie,
- daily,
- dame,
- damoiselle,
- damsel,
- demoiselle,
- doll,
- domestic,
- duenna,
- feme sole,
- femme de chambre,
- fille de chambre,
- filly,
- frail,
- gal,
- gentlewoman,
- girl,
- girlie,
- handmaid,
- handmaiden,
- heifer,
- hired girl,
- housemaid,
- hoyden,
- jeune fille,
- jill,
- junior miss,
- kitchenmaid,
- lady-help,
- lady-in-waiting,
- lass,
- lassie,
- little missy,
- live-in maid,
- live-out maid,
- lone woman,
- mademoiselle,
- maiden,
- maiden lady,
- maidservant,
- miss,
- missy,
- nursemaid,
- nymph,
- nymphet,
- old maid,
- parlormaid,
- piece,
- quail,
- romp,
- schoolgirl,
- schoolmaid,
- schoolmiss,
- scullery maid,
- servant girl,
- servitress,
- single girl,
- skirt,
- slip,
- soubrette,
- spinster,
- spinstress,
- subdeb,
- subdebutante,
- subteen,
- subteener,
- teenybopper,
- tomato,
- tomboy,
- tweeny,
- upstairs maid,
- vestal,
- vestal virgin,
- virgin,
- waiting maid,
- wench,
- young creature,
- young thing