meid

Definitions of meid
  1. noun
    a youthful female person
    synonyms: chick, deern, deerne, dochter, dochterlief, griet, meisje, meiske, mop, moppie, natel, niese, troel
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    boy, goof, gozer, joch, jong, jongen, jongetje, knaap, knul
    a youthful male person
    types:
    schoolmeisje
    a girl attending school
    padvinder, scout, verkenner
    a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts
    padvinder, scout, verkenner
    a girl who is a member of the Girl Scouts
    type of:
    Mevr., dame, gleuf, gleufdier, juffrouw, mens, mevrouw, mokkel, mw., tante, vrouw, vrouwmens, vrouwspersoon, wijf, wijfie, zij
    a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
  2. noun
    a young woman
    synonyms: chick, deern, deerne, dochter, dochterlief, griet, jongedame, jongejuffrouw, juf, meisje, meiske, misslag, mop, moppie, natel, niese, troel
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    feministe, jonkie, zus, zusje, zuster
    (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
    beauty, schone, schoonheid
    a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
    kippetje, poes, pop, poppetje, stoeipoes
    informal terms for a (young) woman
    hulpje, maagd
    an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
    peri
    a beautiful and graceful girl
    rozeknop, rozenknop
    (a literary reference to) a pretty young girl
    robbedoes, wilde, wildebras
    a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
    jongedame, jongejuffrouw, juf
    a young unmarried woman
    type of:
    Mevr., dame, gleuf, gleufdier, juffrouw, mens, mevrouw, mokkel, mw., tante, vrouw, vrouwmens, vrouwspersoon, wijf, wijfie
    an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
  3. noun
    a girl who is a servant
    synonyms: dienares, dienstbode, dienstmaagd, dienstmeid, maagd, meisje
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    bediende, dienaar, knecht, waterdrager
    a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
  4. noun
    a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household
    synonyms: butler, dienares, dienstbode, dienstmaagd, dienstmeid, huisbediende, huisknecht, maagd, meisje
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    huishoudhulp, huishoudster
    a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
    maagd
    a female domestic
    assepoes, huissloof, sloof
    a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
    kamenier, kamenierster
    a maid who is a lady's personal attendant
    type of:
    bediende, dienaar, knecht, waterdrager
    a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
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