maid
Sign in to saveAlso known as housemaid, housemaid girl, house maid girl, housemaidgirl, servant girl, house cleaner, home cleaner, maidservant
thumb|Illustration by William Thomas Smedley, 1906 thumb|La Toilette by Raimundo Madrazo|Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, thumb|A maid cleaning in Denmark in 1912.
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thumb|Illustration by William Thomas Smedley, 1906 thumb|La Toilette by Raimundo Madrazo|Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, thumb|A maid cleaning in Denmark in 1912.
A maid, housemaid, or maidservant is a female domestic worker. In the Victorian era, domestic service was the second-largest category of employment in England and Wales, after agricultural work. In developed Western nations, full-time maids are now typically only found in the wealthiest households. In other parts of the world (mainly within the continent of Asia), maids remain common in urban middle-class households.
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