live-in maid
Domestic who stays
A live-in maid is a domestic worker who resides in the household where she works, typically performing cleaning, cooking, and other household duties in exchange for wages plus room and board.
The arrangement provides employers with round-the-clock availability while offering the worker housing: They converted the basement into quarters for the live-in maid.
The term carries class connotations and is associated with wealthy households.
- housekeeperDomestic cleaning professional
- domesticOf the home
- servantOne employed to serve
- nannyHired child caretaker
- au pairForeign live-in childcare worker
quarters · below stairs · uniform · apron · cleaning · cooking · household · staff · hired help · residence · room and board · mansion · estate · butler · chambermaid · servants' quarters · chores · laundry
- household staffbutler, housekeeper, cook, nanny, servant
- occupantsoccupant, resident, tenant, dweller, inhabitant
- domestic servantshousemaid, chambermaid, parlormaid, housekeeper, domestic
live-in maidemployer
One who employs others
homeowner · lady of the house · master of the house · householder · madam
live, maid, living, lived, lives, lively, livelihood, alive, outlive