meid

Etymology
Borrowed from, from. .

Noun

 * 1)  A female domestic servant, usually non-white.
 * 2)  A black woman.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  A domestic servant, usually non-white.
 * 2)  A non-white woman.

Etymology
From, variant of , from , , from. .

Noun

 * 1) girl, lass
 * 2) maid
 * 1) maid
 * 1) maid

Usage notes

 * Use in the singular may connote fortitude, bravery or acting like a grown-up, but it may also connote vulgarity or subservience due to the meaning “maid”. These connotations are much weaker in the plural, which can be used neutrally with little regard for context.
 * Use for adult women (and to a lesser degree for older adolescent girls) is often considered patronising, which is especially true of the diminutives.
 * The diminutive meidje is uncommon; the regular diminutive is meisje along with its variants meiske and meisie.