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Definition of Parlourmaid
1. Noun. A maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door.
Definition of Parlourmaid
1. Noun. (British) A maid who takes care of the parlour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parlourmaid
Literary usage of Parlourmaid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Campaigns of Curiosity: Journalistic Adventures of an American Girl in London by Elizabeth L. Banks (1895)
"parlourmaid TO MRS. BROWNLOW. MRS. BROWNLOW'S residence was a pretty little house
in Kensington, with the name " Elsmore Lodge" done in gold letters over ..."
2. The "Queen" Cookery Books by S. Beaty-Pownall (1904)
"Tnz parlourmaid's work depends a good deal on the household. In some she is
practically a feminine butler; she has charge of the wine, plate, ..."
3. Memoirs of a Midget by Walter De la Mare (1922)
"But the parlourmaid had turned to meet me, and the next moment she and I were
side by ... I saw not a face or a flower; and even when the parlourmaid was ..."
4. The Negro in the New World by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1910)
"You could not, for example, come to Tuskegee and engage one of the female students
as a parlourmaid (though after seeing their work in this line of life you ..."
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