† ˈwashmaid Obs.
[f. wash v.]
A maid-servant employed in washing clothes.
| c 1610 Lady Compton in Grose Antiq. Rep. (1808) III. 438 Not pestering my Things with my Womens, nor theirs with Chambermaids, nor theirs with Washmaids. 1673 Rutland MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm. 1905) IV. 550 To my Lady's washmayd, 1 ginny. 1682 Shadwell Lanc. Witches ii. i. 17 My Woman-Chambermaid, Wash-maid, Cook-Maid, &c. |