schoolmaid

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noun

A schoolgirl.

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Meanings

nounschoolmaid (plural schoolmaids)

plural schoolmaids

  1. archaicA schoolgirl.

    LUCIO: Is she your cousin? ISABELLA: Adoptedly, as schoolmaids change their names / By vain though apt affection.

    c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]

Origin

From school + maid.

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APA

schoolmaid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolmaid

MLA

“schoolmaid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolmaid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schoolmaid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolmaid.

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