housemaid

English

Etymology

house +‎ maid

Noun

housemaid (plural housemaids)

Housemaid

A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid.
(derogatory) A housewife.

Translations

female servant attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house

Armenian: աղախին (hy) (ałaxin)
Bulgarian: прислужница f (prislužnica)
Finnish: kotiapulainen (fi), sisäkkö (fi)

Greek: οικιακή βοηθός f (oikiakí voïthós)
Irish: cailín tí m, cailín aimsire m
Swedish: hembiträde (sv) f

Verb

housemaid (third-person singular simple present housemaids, present participle housemaiding, simple past and past participle housemaided)

To be a housemaid.
To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.

Related terms

housegirl
housemaid's knee