maid

Definition

  • noun: a female servant
  • noun: an unmarried girl or woman especially when young
  • synonyms: virgin, maiden, girl

Examples

  • In my generation, you were considered an 'old maid' at 25.

  • She asked her sister to be her 'maid of honor'.

  • She hired a 'maid' to do the cleaning.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) And this is your idea of, uh, sounding the alarm, is it? She took the pearls, tracking device and all. - "She"? - One o' the maids. Perhaps you should stop lettin' em in this side of the house. Perhaps you should start learning to make your own bed. - Why were you dusting for prints? (..)
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises
  • (..) No. He shot me! RAGETTI: It didn't work. The curse it still upon us! You, maid! Your father, what was his name? Was your father William Turner? No. Where's his child that sailed from England eight years ago? (..)
    2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • (..) I suppose if it is worthless, there's no point in me keeping it. You have a name, missy? Elizabeth Turner. I'm a maid in the governor's household. Miss Turner. Bootstrap. How does a maid own a trinket such as that? (..)
    2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl