plural of maide

Obsolete spelling of maid

(dated or poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden. / A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant). / (archaic) A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.

(Canada) Acronym of medical assistance in dying.

plural of maid

(Mormonism) A 14- to 15-year-old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.

Alternative form of maidservant

(uncountable) A children's card game, sometimes played with a special deck, where the object of the game is for each player to find matches for all the cards in his hand, without being stuck with the single unmatchable card.

(derogatory) An old woman who has never married; a spinster. / The Madagascar periwinkle. / The common zinnia. / An unpopped kernel in a batch of popped popcorn kernels.

A female meter attendant: a female public servant tasked with enforcing the use of parking meters. / (derogatory) A meter attendant of either gender.