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PARLOURMAID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parlourmaid mean? 

PARLOURMAID (noun)
  The noun PARLOURMAID 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 doorplay

  Familiarity information: PARLOURMAID used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PARLOURMAID (noun)


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 ("parlourmaid" is a kind of...):

amah; housemaid; maid; maidservant (a female domestic)


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