maid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a female domestic
    housemaid; maidservant; amah.
  2. noun an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
    maiden.

WordNet


Maid noun
Etymology
Shortened from maiden. . See Maiden.
Definitions
  1. An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.
    Would I had died a maid, And never seen thee, never borne thee son. Shak.
    Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me. Jer. ii. 32.
  2. A man who has not had sexual intercourse. Obs.
    Christ was a maid and shapen as a man. Chaucer.
  3. A female servant.
    Spinning amongst her maids. Shak.
    Maid is used either adjectively or in composition, signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant.
  4. (Zoöl.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (R. clavata). Prov. Eng. maid of honor. principal female attendant (if unmarried) of a bride at wedding. (If married, matron of honor.)

Webster 1913