"housemaid" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: housemaids [plural]
Etymology: 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), hembiträde [feminine] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-housemaid-en-noun-x5R-Xno~ Disambiguation of Female: 53 41 0 6 Disambiguation of Occupations: 59 25 0 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 4 2 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 66 4 2 28 Disambiguation of 'female servant attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house': 89 11
  2. (derogatory) A housewife. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-housemaid-en-noun-IXrynogi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: house maid, house-maid

Verb [English]

Forms: housemaids [present, singular, third-person], housemaiding [participle, present], housemaided [participle, past], housemaided [past]
Etymology: 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.
    Sense id: en-housemaid-en-verb-CfUc51w-
  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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