English > domestic help: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household. |
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| Synonyms | domestic, house servant |
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| Narrower | ayah | (in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children |
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| home help | A person hired to help in another's home (especially one employed by a local authority to help the infirm with domestic work) |
| housekeeper | A servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household |
| maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah | A female domestic |
| skivvy, slavey | A female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work |
| Broader | servant, retainer | A person working in the service of another (especially in the household) |
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| Spanish | asistente, criado, doméstico |
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| Catalan | criat, domèstic, servent |
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