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house⋅maid

[hous-meyd]
–noun
a female servant employed in general domestic work in a home, esp. to do housework.

Origin:
1685–95; house + maid
house·maid   (hous'mād')   
n.  A woman or girl employed to do housework.

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.
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