Maid is also a shortened form of "maiden", an archaic word for an unmarried woman or a virgin.

MAID is also a acronym of Massive array of idle disks

Maid is also a Bosniac Name

A maidservant or in current usage maid is a female employed in domestic service. Acronyms, initialisms, and alphabetisms are Abbreviations that are formed using the initial components in a phrase or name In Computing, a massive array of idle disks (more commonly known as a MAID) is a system using hundreds to thousands of Hard drives for near-line The Bosniaks or Bosniacs (Bošnjak pl Bošnjaci bɔ'ʃɲaːt͡si are a South Slavic people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Bosnia" A domestic worker, domestic, servingman, servingwoman, or servant is one who works and often also lives within the employer's household Once part of an elaborate hierarchy in great houses, today the maid may be the only domestic worker that upper and even middle-income households can afford. For the architecture of great houses see Mansion. For the great house masonry pueblos see Chaco Culture National Historical Park. A domestic worker, domestic, servingman, servingwoman, or servant is one who works and often also lives within the employer's household Is a concept in Sociology that refers to the group of people at the top of a Social hierarchy. In the Western world, comparatively few households can afford live-in domestic help, usually compromising on periodic cleaners. The term Western world, the West or the Occident ( Latin: occidens -sunset -west as distinct from the Orient) can have multiple meanings In less developed nations, very large differences in the income of urban and rural households and between different socio-economic classes, fewer educated women and limited opportunities for working women ensures a labour source for domestic work.

Maids perform typical domestic chores such as cooking, ironing, washing, cleaning the house, grocery shopping, walking the family dog, and taking care of children. Ironing or smoothing is the work of using a heated tool or tools (an iron) to remove Wrinkles from fabric In many places in some poor countries, maids often take on the role of a nurse in taking care of the elderly and people with disabilities. In Political geography and International politics, a country is a Political division of a geographical entity Many maids are required by their employers to wear a uniform. A uniform is a set of standard Clothing worn by members of an organization while participating in that organization's activity

Types of maid

In hierarchical order, the types of maids in a large household are:

• Head House Parlour-maid (or Head Housemaid, Head Parlour-maid)
• House Parlour-maids (or simply housemaid) (Under House Parlour-maid, if there is only one)
• Chambermaids (also known as housemaids); a chambermaid is a maid who cleans and cares for bedrooms
• Nursery maids
• Kitchen maids, also Between maid (Hall girl in the US)
• Scullery maids also known as the Cinder maid
• Lady's maid - Outside of the normal hierarchy, the lady's maid was a senior servant who reported directly to the lady of the house, rather than to the housekeeper or butler. A bedroom is a large Room where people usually sleep for the night and/or for relaxation during the day A nursemaid or nursery maid, is mostly a historical term of employment for a female servant in an elite household. A kitchen maid is a junior female servant in a Great house ranking below a cook and above a Scullery maid. A between maid (nickname tweeny, also called hall girl particularly in the United States is a female junior servant in a large household with many In Great houses scullery maids were the lowest-ranking of the female servants and acted as assistant to a Kitchen maid. A lady's maid is a female personal attendant who waits on the Lady of the house. A Lady is a Woman who is the counterpart of a Lord, as opposed to lady, the counterpart of a Gentleman. A butler is a senior servant in a large Household. In the Great houses of the past the household was sometimes divided into departments with the butler

The position of chambermaid is also a job commonly found in hotels. A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging usually on a short-term basis Their job is mainly to clean the rooms of guests.

In several developing countries, working as a maid is still one of the main possibilities a poor young girl may have to earn an income. A girl is any Female Human from birth through Childhood and Adolescence to attainment of Adulthood The term may also be used to mean

See also

• Housekeeper (servant)
• Domestic worker
• Footman
• Nanny
• Au pair
• French maid
• Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong
• Maid Service
• Cosplay restaurant

A housekeeper is an individual responsible for the Cleaning and maintenance of the interior of a residence A domestic worker, domestic, servingman, servingwoman, or servant is one who works and often also lives within the employer's household A footman (plural -men) is a Male Servant, notably as Domestic staff. A nanny is a person who looks after the child or children of one family in the child's home An au pair (plural au pairs) is a foreign-national domestic assistant working for and living as part of a host Family. French maid refers to a strongly modified style of Servant ’s dress that evolved from typical Maids �� black and white afternoon uniforms of the nineteenth Foreign domestic helpers ( in Hong Kong are Domestic workers who work in Hong Kong but are from outside of Hong Kong Maid Service, Cleaning Service, Janitorial Service are terms more modernly describing a specialized outside service providing a specific service to individuals are Theme restaurants and pubs that originated in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan around the year 2000

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