Meaning of meido | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A female fictional character who is employed as a maid, typically wearing a stylized French maid outfit.
   Japanese
2. A waitress at a maid café.

Examples

“I was really struck by how many of the bishoujo cliches it managed to bring⟳ up. We already have⟳ the older sister, younger sister, childhood friend, and exotic transfer⟳ student. We have⟳ a genki girl, a ditzy girl, a hime-sama, and a meido.”

“And then there’s Roberta, who seems like⟳ a typical meido (maid) character until she pulls out machine guns from her lacy uniform!”

“Although this is a manga about maids, don’t expect⟳ to see⟳ the submissive and fawning maids of the meido category. The protagonist here is a faithful, skilled and courteous maid from the old English society.”

“Actually, the two times I was there, it was really quite dull in terms of the people wandering around. The most excitement I saw⟳ was that one candidate for Prime Minister giving a van-top speech in front of Akihabara station. Oh, and a demonstration of some RC "Tokyo Drift" toy cars out on the street. No dancing in the streets, only a very few meido (some of questionable gender >__< ), and quite a few gaikokujin.”

“These meido attract⟳ customers by role-playing the part of a maid, complete⟳ with French maid-inspired outfits that are long on fantasy elements and typically short on skirt length.”

“"I like⟳ having conversations with different meidos," he explains, "but Haruki is my favourite because she's friendliest to me." […] Utena, a meido with pink hair and red plastic horns, recently celebrated her fourth year at Maidolce.”

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