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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

maid
     n 1: a female domestic [syn: maidservant, housemaid, amah]
     2: an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) [syn: maiden]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Maid \Maid\, n. [Shortened from maiden. ?. See Maiden.]
   1. An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman;
      esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.

            Would I had died a maid, And never seen thee, never
            borne thee son.                       --Shak.

            Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her
            attire? Yet my people have forgotten me. --Jer. ii.
                                                  32.

   2. A man who has not had sexual intercourse. [Obs.]

            Christ was a maid and shapen as a man. --Chaucer.

   3. A female servant.

            Spinning amongst her maids.           --Shak.

   Note: Maid is used either adjectively or in composition,
         signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant.

   4. (Zo["o]l.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray
      skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (R. clavata).
      [Prov. Eng.]

   Fair maid. (Zo["o]l.) See under Fair, a.

   Maid of honor, a female attendant of a queen or royal
      princess; -- usually of noble family, and having to
      perform only nominal or honorary duties.

   Old maid. See under Old.