Associations to the word «Parlourmaid»

Wiktionary

PARLOURMAID, noun. (British) A maid who takes care of the parlour.

Dictionary definition

PARLOURMAID, noun. A maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door.

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus