Kitchen maid (domestic worker)


A kitchen maid or kitchen girl is a young housemaid, or other junior female domestic worker.

Description

In the hierarchy of a great house, the kitchen maid ranked below a cook and above a scullery maid. An experienced kitchen maid is an assistant cook; the position may be compared to that of a chef de partie in a professional kitchen.
An early meaning of "slut" was "kitchen maid or drudge", a meaning retained as late as the 18th century.

Known kitchen maids