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. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ひ(婢);めのこやつこ, hi ( hashitame ); menokoyatsuko] (n) (1) (arch) female slave; (2) (ひ only) female servant; housemaid[Add to Longdo]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Housemaid \House"maid`\, 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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
housemaid
n 1: a female domestic [syn: {maid}, {maidservant}, {housemaid},
{amah}]
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