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Housemaid vs Matron - What's the difference?

housemaid | matron |

As nouns the difference between housemaid and matron

is that housemaid is a female servant attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house (as opposed to a scullery maid) while matron is a mature woman; a wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.

As a verb housemaid

is to be a housemaid.

housemaid

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A female servant attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house. (as opposed to a scullery maid.)
  • (derogatory) a housewife.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be a housemaid.
  • To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.

    • Related terms

    * housemaid's knee

    matron

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mature woman; a wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:your wives, your daughters, your matrons , and your maids
  • *(Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)
  • *:grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother
  • *
  • *:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron ; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,.
  • A housekeeper; especially, a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution; a head nurse in a hospital.
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