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PARLORMAID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does parlormaid mean?
• PARLORMAID (noun)
The noun PARLORMAID has 1 sense:
1. a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door
Familiarity information: PARLORMAID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
parlormaid; parlourmaid
Hypernyms ("parlormaid" is a kind of...):
amah; housemaid; maid; maidservant (a female domestic)
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