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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-housemaid.wav Forms: housemaids [plural]
Etymology: From house + maid. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|house|maid}} house + maid Head templates: {{en-noun}} housemaid (plural housemaids)
  1. A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid. Categories (topical): Female, Occupations Translations (female servant attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house): աղախին (aġaxin) (Armenian), amah (Brunei Malay), прислужница (prislužnica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), minyona [feminine] (Catalan), kotiapulainen (Finnish), sisäkkö (Finnish), femme de ménage [feminine] (French), οικιακή βοηθός (oikiakí voïthós) [feminine] (Greek), cailín tí [masculine] (Irish), cailín aimsire [masculine] (Irish), femme dé mênage [feminine] (Norman), mucama [feminine] (Spanish), fámula [feminine] (Spanish), hembiträde [feminine] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-housemaid-en-noun-x5R-Xno~ Disambiguation of Female: 51 49 0 0 Disambiguation of Occupations: 64 20 0 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Brunei Malay translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 4 2 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 4 4 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 4 2 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 3 2 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 67 11 3 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Brunei Malay translations: 72 9 3 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 59 12 3 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 62 13 3 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 64 12 3 21 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 61 7 6 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 60 9 6 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 64 12 3 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 67 11 3 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 64 5 4 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 66 11 3 20 Disambiguation of 'female servant attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house': 93 7
  2. (derogatory) A housewife. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): Female
    Sense id: en-housemaid-en-noun-IXrynogi Disambiguation of Female: 51 49 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: house maid, house-maid

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-housemaid.wav Forms: housemaids [present, singular, third-person], housemaiding [participle, present], housemaided [participle, past], housemaided [past]
Etymology: From house + maid. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|house|maid}} house + maid Head templates: {{en-verb}} housemaid (third-person singular simple present housemaids, present participle housemaiding, simple past and past participle housemaided)
  1. To be a housemaid.
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  2. To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.
    Sense id: en-housemaid-en-verb-s-pMcZJV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: house maid, house-maid Related terms: housegirl, housemaid's knee

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "housegirl"
    },
    {
      "word": "housemaid's knee"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To be a housemaid."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-housemaid.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-housemaid.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "house maid"
    },
    {
      "word": "house-maid"
    }
  ],
  "word": "housemaid"
}

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