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housemaid |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Housemaid \House"maid`\, n. A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: housemaid n : a female domestic [syn: {maid}, {maidservant}, {amah}]
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