Definition of "parlor-maid" []

• A maid-servant whoso duties are usually confined to the dining- and reception-rooms of a house, sometimes taking the place of a butler in simple establishments. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "“Grouse in the gun-room” over and over in the presence of my wife, mother, mother-inlaw, sons, daughters, old footman or parlor-maid, confidential clerk, curate, or what not?"
• "At first the parlor-maid was distinctly startled when he asked for Bernice instead of Marjorie; after a week of it she told the cook that Miss Bernice had gotta holda Miss"
• "He looked, not irritated only, but surprised as well, at finding his parlor-maid waiting for him in the drawing-room, and inquired, sharply and suspiciously, what she wanted there?"