"meido" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: meido [plural], meidos [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese メイド (meido, “maid, maidservant”), from English maid. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ja|メイド||maid, maidservant|tr=meido}} Japanese メイド (meido, “maid, maidservant”), {{uder|en|en|maid}} English maid Head templates: {{en-noun|meido|s}} meido (plural meido or meidos)
  1. (chiefly Japanese fiction) A female fictional character who is employed as a maid, typically wearing a stylized French maid outfit. Tags: Japanese Categories (topical): Female people, Fictional characters, Japanese fiction, People, Stock characters
    Sense id: en-meido-en-noun-IOp72jQ5 Disambiguation of Female people: 62 38 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 71 29 Disambiguation of Japanese fiction: 82 18 Disambiguation of People: 48 52 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 54 46 Categories (other): English terms borrowed back into English Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 50 50 Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
  2. A waitress at a maid café. Categories (topical): LGBTQ, Occupations, People, Restaurants, Stock characters
    Sense id: en-meido-en-noun-H~ihgzeg Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 36 64 Disambiguation of Occupations: 31 69 Disambiguation of People: 48 52 Disambiguation of Restaurants: 35 65 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms borrowed back into English, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 50 50 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 40 58 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 59 1 1

Inflected forms

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