LADY'S MAID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lady's maid mean? 

• LADY'S MAID (noun)
  The noun LADY'S MAID has 1 sense:

1. a maid who is a lady's personal attendant

  Familiarity information: LADY'S MAID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LADY'S MAID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A maid who is a lady's personal attendant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("lady's maid" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

But whether she would do for a lady's maid, I am sure I can't tell.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

She went into service early, and while yet a young woman, by rule-of-thumb progression, she became a lady's maid.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“Jack ashore, you know. It's not them I mind; it's the round-shot. Carpet bowls! My lady's maid couldn't miss. Tell us, squire, when you see the match, and we'll hold water.”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)