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# kitchenmaid

noun

«kitchenmaid» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

A girl or woman who helps in the kitchen with rough work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/kitchenmaid/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say "kitchen assistant" or "kitchen helper". The word is old, and the sentences use it in the same sense as its old meaning.

### Examples

- ‘Little Nightingale,’ called out the little kitchenmaid, ‘our Gracious Emperor wants you to sing before him!’ (The Yellow Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/kitchenmaid/#x1)
- ‘No; that is a cow mooing!’ said the little kitchenmaid. ‘We are still a long way off!’ (The Yellow Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/kitchenmaid/#x2)
- ‘No, no; those are frogs!’ said the little kitchenmaid. ‘But I think we shall soon hear her now!’ (The Yellow Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/kitchenmaid/#x3)

### Note

Today: kitchen assistant.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «kitchenmaid» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/kitchenmaid/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«kitchenmaid» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/kitchenmaid.html) on Mova free.