schoolmaid

English

Etymology

school +‎ maid

Noun

schoolmaid (plural schoolmaids)

(archaic) A schoolgirl.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
  LUCIO: Is she your cousin?
  ISABELLA: Adoptedly, as schoolmaids change their names / By vain though apt affection.

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