Maid vs Valet - What's the difference?
maid | valet |
(dated, or, poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
* , title=The Mirror and the Lamp
, chapter=2 (archaic) A virgin of either gender.
* 1380+ , (Geoffrey Chaucer), (The Canterbury Tales)
* 1601 , (William Shakespeare), (Twelfth Night)
A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.
A hotel employee performing such duties for guests.
(professional wrestling ) A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male members of the audience.
A female chaperone who accompanies a man, and is usually not married to him.
A person employed to clean or park cars.
A wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing.
A kind of goad or stick with an iron point.
As nouns the difference between maid and valet
is that maid is a girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden while valet is a man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.As a verb valet is
to clean and service (a car), as a valet does.maid
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(en noun)- Note - maid is often used in the common or species names of flowering plants.
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- Crist was a mayde and shapen as a man.
- You are betrothed both to a maid and man.