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housemaid

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house=maid

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun housemaid has 1 sense

housemaid(n = noun.person) amah, maid, maidservant - a female domestic; Array

has particulars: chambermaid, fille de chambre, handmaid, handmaiden, lady's maid, parlormaid, parlourmaid

is a kind of domestic, domestic help, house servant

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CIDE DICTIONARY

housemaid, n.

A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms. [1913 Webster]

Housemaid's knee (Med.), a swelling over the knee, due to an enlargement of the bursa in the front of the kneepan; -- so called because frequently occurring in servant girls who work upon their knees.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

housemaid, n. a female servant in a house, esp. in charge of reception rooms and bedrooms.

Idiom

housemaid's knee inflammation of the kneecap, often due to excessive kneeling.

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