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DOMESTIC HELP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household
Synonyms:
domestic; domestic help; house servant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("domestic help" is a kind of...):
retainer; servant (a person working in the service of another (especially in the household))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "domestic help"):
ayah ((in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children)
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)
amah; housemaid; maid; maidservant (a female domestic)
skivvy; slavey (a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work)