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ayah
(in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children
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home help
a person hired to help in another's home (especially one employed by a local authority to help the infirm with domestic work)
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housekeeper
a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
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amah, housemaid, maid, maidservant
a female domestic
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skivvy, slavey
a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
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chambermaid, fille de chambre
a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels)
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handmaid, handmaiden
a personal maid or female attendant
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lady's maid
a maid who is a lady's personal attendant
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parlormaid, parlourmaid
a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door
