schoolmaid en · NOUN
Etymology
From school + maid.
Meanings
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(archaic) A schoolgirl.
LUCIO: Is she your cousin? ISABELLA: Adoptedly, as schoolmaids change their names / By vain though apt affection.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| schoolmaids | Number=Plur | lexicographic |