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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
maid \maid\, n. shortened from maiden. ?. see maiden.
   1. an unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman;
      esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.
      1913 webster

            would i had died a maid,
            and never seen thee, never borne thee son. --shak.
      1913 webster

            can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her
            attire? yet my people have forgotten me. --jer. ii.
                                                  32.
      1913 webster

   2. a man who has not had sexual intercourse. obs.
      1913 webster

            christ was a maid and shapen as a man. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   3. a female servant.
      1913 webster

            spinning amongst her maids.           --shak.
      1913 webster

   note: maid is used either adjectively or in composition,
         signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant.
         1913 webster

   4. zool. the female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray
      skate raia batis, and of the thornback raia
      clavata. prov. eng.
      1913 webster

   fair maid. zool. see under fair, a.

   maid of honor, a female attendant of a queen or royal
      princess; -- usually of noble family, and having to
      perform only nominal or honorary duties.

   old maid. see under old.
      1913 webster
see also:
maiden raia batis raia clavata fair maid fair maid of honor 
old maid old 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
maid
     n 1: a female domestic syn: maidservant, housemaid, amah
     2: an unmarried girl especially a virgin syn: maiden
see also:
maidservant housemaid amah maiden 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
94 moby thesaurus words for "maid":
   abigail, amah, au pair girl, ayah, babe, baby, bachelor girl,
   betweenmaid, biddy, broad, chambermaid, chaperon, chick, colleen,
   companion, cook, cutie, daily, dame, damoiselle, damsel,
   demoiselle, doll, domestic, duenna, feme sole, femme de chambre,
   fille de chambre, filly, frail, gal, gentlewoman, girl, girlie,
   handmaid, handmaiden, heifer, hired girl, housemaid, hoyden,
   jeune fille, jill, junior miss, kitchenmaid, lady-help,
   lady-in-waiting, lass, lassie, little missy, live-in maid,
   live-out maid, lone woman, mademoiselle, maiden, maiden lady,
   maidservant, miss, missy, nursemaid, nymph, nymphet, old maid,
   parlormaid, piece, quail, romp, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss,
   scullery maid, servant girl, servitress, single girl, skirt, slip,
   soubrette, spinster, spinstress, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen,
   subteener, teenybopper, tomato, tomboy, tweeny, upstairs maid,
   vestal, vestal virgin, virgin, waiting maid, wench, young creature,
   young thing





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Maid >> M Words
Maid, definition of term: Maid
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Old Maid >> O Words
Old Maid, definition of term: Old Maid
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Maid Of Honor >> M Words
Maid Of Honor, definition of term: Maid Of Honor
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