Mermaid vs. Maid: What's the Difference?
Mermaid and Maid Definitions
Mermaid
A legendary sea creature having the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish.
Maid
An unmarried girl or woman.
Mermaid
A mythological Category:en:Mythological_creatures creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.
Maid
A woman or girl who is a virgin.
Mermaid
Coloured a brilliant turquoise.
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Maid
A housemaid or chambermaid.
Mermaid
(obsolete) A prostitute.
Maid
A woman servant.
Mermaid
A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish.
Maid
A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
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Mermaid
Half woman and half fish; lives in the sea
Maid
A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
Maid
(archaic) A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.
Maid
An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.
Would I had died a maid,And never seen thee, never borne thee son.
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me.
Maid
A man who has not had sexual intercourse.
Christ was a maid and shapen as a man.
Maid
A female servant.
Spinning amongst her maids.
Maid
The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (Raia clavata).
Maid
A female domestic
Maid
An unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
