PARLOURMAID

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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 door

  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)