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How to pronounce maid in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms amah, housemaid, maidservant
Type of domestic, house servant, domestic help
Has types chambermaid, fille de chambre, handmaid, handmaiden, lady's maid, parlormaid, parlourmaid
Type Words
Synonyms maiden
Type of girl, missy, young lady, young woman, fille, miss
Has types damsel, demoiselle, damozel, damoiselle, damosel
Derivation maidhood

Examples of maid

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Do you think Meg Whitman knew before 2009 her maid was in the country illegally?
From the dailynews.com
Lindsay Richardson was the maid of honor and Ann Wright was the matron of honor.
From the projo.com
The vicar had a maid-servant who was pregnant and she drowned herself in a pond.
From the independent.co.uk
But could anything be more unlikely than a maid in 1920 using the word scenario?
From the expressandstar.com
And the maid and her bucket was long ago replaced by the modern milking machine.
From the guardian.co.uk
Simmons posits the young Cohen was a great hypnotist, who practised on the maid.
From the guardian.co.uk
As the put-upon maid, Moira Berman shows comedic talent with her droll delivery.
From the theargus.co.uk
His mother moved to downtown Los Angeles, where she worked as a maid in a hotel.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Maid-Rite's hickory smoked chicken with side dishes of corn and mashed potatoes.
From the DesMoinesRegister.com
More examples
  • A female domestic
  • An unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
  • (maidism) pellagra: a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other ...
  • In computing, a massive array of idle disks (more commonly known as a MAID) is a system using hundreds to thousands of hard drives for near-line storage of data. MAID is designed for 'Write Once, Read Occasionally' (WORO) applications. ...
  • Maid is a title granted to the eldest daughter of a Laird. The title is not often used today but can still be used. The title is customary and not automatically given.
  • The Maid is a 2005 Singaporean horror film telling of a maid recently arriving from the Philippines. She has to acclimate herself to the customs of the Chinese Ghost Month, during which she struggles with supernatural forces. ...
  • The Maid is a 1991 film in which Anthony Wayne (Martin Sheen) goes to Paris for a new job and has a 30 day period before he starts work to get settled.
  • "The Maid" is the 175th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 19th episode of the 9th and final season. It aired on April 30, 1998.
  • Maids (Portuguese: Domu00E9sticas) is a 2001 Brazilian film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Nando Olival. It is based on the play of the same name by Renata Melo, and has received multiple awards and nominations.