Maid vs. Housekeeper — What's the Difference?

A maid, or 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.

A person employed to manage a household.

A female domestic servant

One who is employed to perform or direct the domestic tasks in a household.

An unmarried girl or young woman.

A housewife or househusband.

An unmarried girl or woman.

An employee of an establishment, such as a hospital, inn, or hotel, who performs or coordinates housekeeping tasks.

A woman or girl who is a virgin.

Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.

A housemaid or chambermaid.

Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc.

A woman servant.

Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.

A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.

Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody.

A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).

One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family.

(archaic) A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.

One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs.

An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.

One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and hospitable household.

A man who has not had sexual intercourse.

One who keeps or stays much at home.

A female servant.

A house dog.

The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (Raia clavata).

A servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household

A female domestic

An unmarried girl (especially a virgin)