Housemaid

2 definitions found

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) 2.0 [wn]:

  housemaid
       n : a female domestic [syn: {maid}, {maidservant}, {amah}]