chambermaid

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UK/ˈt͡ʃeɪm.bə.meɪd/US/ˈt͡ʃeɪm.bəɹ.meɪd/

noun

A maid who handles the chores in a hotel room or (chiefly historically) a bedroom in a wealthy household.

“Near-synonym: cleaning lady (not always differentiated)”

Similar
cleaning ladyfille de chambre
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Meanings

nounchambermaid (plural chambermaids)

plural chambermaids · alternative chamber maid · alternative chamber-maid

  1. A maid who handles the chores in a hotel room or (chiefly historically) a bedroom in a wealthy household.

    Near-synonym: cleaning lady (not always differentiated)

    Synonyms: cleaning lady

  2. archaicA chamberer.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA maid who handles the chores in a hotel room or (chiefly historically) a bedroom in a wealthy household.

Similar
cleaning lady

More synonyms by meaning

nouna maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels)

Similar
fille de chambre
Broader
maidmaidservanthousemaid
Also see
bowerwomanchambererchamberwomancleaning ladymaid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From chamber + maid.

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Translations

Arabic خَادِمَة
  • خَادِمَة (ḵādima)a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Bulgarian камерие́рка
  • камерие́рка (kameriérka)a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Chinese Mandarin 女僕 /女仆
  • 女僕 /女仆 (nǚpú)a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Czech pokojská
  • pokojskáa maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Dutch kamermeisje
  • kamermeisjea maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Esperanto ĉambristino
  • ĉambristinoa maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Finnish huonesiivooja, huonepalvelija
  • huonesiivoojaa maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • huonepalvelijaa maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
French femme de chambre
  • femme de chambrea maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
German Stubenmädchen, Zimmermädchen
  • Stubenmädchena maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Zimmermädchena maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Zimmerfraua maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Greek καμαριέρα
  • καμαριέρα (kamariéra)a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Hebrew חַדְרָנִית
  • חַדְרָנִית (khadranít)a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Hungarian szobalány
  • szobalánya maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Italian cameriera
  • camerieraa maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Japanese 女中
  • 女中 (jochū)a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Korean 하녀, 가정부
  • 하녀 (hanyeo)a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • 가정부 (gajeongbu)a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Norwegian Bokmål stuepike
  • stuepikea maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Polish pokojówka
  • pokojówkaa maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Portuguese camareira
  • camareiraa maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Romanian camerist, cameristă
  • camerista maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • cameristăa maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • fată în casăa maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Russian го́рничная
  • го́рничная (górničnaja)a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Slovak chyžná
  • chyžnáa maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Swedish kammarjungfru
  • kammarjungfrua maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Ukrainian покої́вка, го́рнична
  • покої́вка (pokojívka)a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • го́рнична (hórnyčna)a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
Cite this entry
APA

chambermaid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chambermaid

MLA

“chambermaid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chambermaid. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chambermaid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chambermaid.

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