Maid

Definitions

1. Acronym of medical assistance in dying.
   Canada, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
2. A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
   dated, poetic
3. The constellation and zodiacal sign Virgo.
4. Acronym of mobile advertising ID.
   Internet, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable
5. A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
6. A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.
   archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like⟳ a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss⟳ Moucher.”

“You are betrothed both to a maid and man.”

“Virgo, the Maid, guideth the Womb, Midriff and Guts.”

“The diamond is said to typify innocence, and it is also associated with Virgo, the maid, in the Signs of the Zodiac, whilst the ruby is associated with the sign⟳ Aries, the ram.”

“For they are so easy to recall⟳ if you do it in associated pairs—like⟳ the Maid and the Twins, the Bull and the Rain⟳, the Fishes and the Scales.”

CEFR level