"chambermaid" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃeɪm.bə(ɹ).meɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chambermaid.wav [Southern-England] Forms: chambermaids [plural]
Etymology: From chamber + maid. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|chamber|maid}} chamber + maid Head templates: {{en-noun}} chambermaid (plural chambermaids)
  1. A maid who handles the chores in a bedroom. Categories (topical): Female people, Occupations Synonyms: chamber maid, chamber-maid Derived forms: singing chambermaid Related terms: chamber Translations (a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom): خَادِمَة (ḵādima) [feminine] (Arabic), пакаёўка (pakajóŭka) [feminine] (Belarusian), plac'h-a-gambr [feminine] (Breton), камерие́рка (kameriérka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 女僕 (Chinese Mandarin), 女仆 (nǚpú) (Chinese Mandarin), pokojská [feminine] (Czech), kamermeisje [neuter] (Dutch), ĉambristino (Esperanto), huonesiivooja (note: in a hotel) (Finnish), huonepalvelija (Finnish), femme de chambre [feminine] (French), Stubenmädchen [neuter] (German), Zimmermädchen [neuter] (German), Zimmerfrau [feminine] (German), καμαριέρα (kamariéra) [feminine] (Greek), חַדְרָנִית (khadranít) [feminine] (Hebrew), szobalány (Hungarian), cameriera [feminine] (Italian), 女中 (jochū) (alt: じょちゅう) (Japanese), 하녀 (hanyeo) (alt: 下女) (Korean), 가정부 (gajeongbu) (alt: 家政婦) (Korean), stuepike [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), pokojówka [feminine] (Polish), camareira [feminine] (Portuguese), camerist [masculine] (Romanian), cameristă [feminine] (Romanian), fată în casă [feminine] (Romanian), го́рничная (górničnaja) [feminine] (Russian), chyžná [feminine] (Slovak), kammarjungfru [common-gender] (Swedish), покої́вка (pokojívka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), го́рнична (hórnyčna) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom",
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      "sense": "a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom",
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      "sense": "a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hórnyčna",
      "sense": "a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "го́рнична"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chambermaid"
}

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