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maid definition

maid (mād)

noun

    1. Now Chiefly Literary a girl or young unmarried woman
    2. Obsolete a virgin
  2. Now Rare old maid
  3. a girl or woman servant: often in compounds barmaid, housemaid

Etymology: ME maide, contr. < maiden

maid Idioms

the Maid

Joan of Arc

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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