Meanings
nounscullery maid (plural scullery maids)
plural scullery maids · alternative scullery-maid · alternative scullerymaid
- historicalIn a large house, a domestic servant, of lowest status, whose job is to wash dishes and perform other menial chores.
Synonyms: scullery girl
Synonyms & antonyms
nounIn a large house, a domestic servant, of lowest status, whose job is to wash dishes and perform other menial chores.
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Translations
Finnish kyökkipiika
- kyökkipiikaa servant
French fille de cuisine
- fille de cuisinea servant
German Küchenmädchen, Tellerwäscherin
- Küchenmädchena servant
- Tellerwäscherina servant
- Scheuermagda servant
- Sudelmagda servant
Irish cailín cistine
- cailín cistinea servant
Italian sguattera
- sguatteraa servant
Polish pomywaczka
- pomywaczkaa servant
Russian судомо́йка, посудомо́йка
- судомо́йка (sudomójka)a servant
- посудомо́йка (posudomójka)a servant
Swedish köksa
- köksaa servant
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APA
scullery maid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scullery%20maid
MLA
“scullery maid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scullery%20maid. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scullery maid,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scullery%20maid.
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