(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.

Obsolete spelling of maid

plural of maid

plural of maide

(Canada) Acronym of medical assistance in dying.

The yellow bedstraw (Galium verum).

(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.

The primary woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony.

(formerly, in large houses) A domestic servant, of lowest status, whose job is to wash dishes and do other menial chores.