meid — meaning in English
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English meaning
- charwoman noun A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.
- girl noun A female child.
- maid noun A woman employed to clean a house or do domestic work.
- menial adj Describing unskilled, low-status work, especially the kind of routine tasks a servant would do.
- servant noun A person employed to do household or personal work for someone else.
- wench noun An old-fashioned or humorous term for a young woman, sometimes used at Renaissance fairs or in historical fiction.
Senses
meid is used for these senses in English:
- charwoman (chiefly, British) A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.
- girl A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.
- girl A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
- maid A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
- menial A servant, especially a domestic servant.
- servant One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
- wench (archaic, now, dialectal, or, humorous, possibly, offensive) A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one.
girl — full definition
- noun A female child.
- noun A young woman, informally.
- noun One's girlfriend.
- noun A daughter.