Hypertext Webster Gateway: "housemaid"
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) 1.7 (wn)
housemaid
n : a female domestic [syn: {maid}, {maidservant}, {amah}]
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