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語源の「maiden」は乙女、未婚の女性という意味で、過去に若い女性が結婚前には奉公に出されていたことに由来する。そこから、乙女が女性奉公人・使用人の意味となった。
狭義では（特にサブカルチャー/オタク的文脈において）個人宅で主に住み込みで働く女性使用人（いわゆる「メイドさん」）を指す。
▼スキルが高いぞ！家事は当然、戦える日本のメイドたち！
※【】内が登場作品になります。
ヴィルヘルミナ・カルメル 【灼眼のシャナ】
翡翠と琥珀 【月姫】
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The name "maid" comes from another word, "maiden", which is synonymous with "unmarried woman" and "virgin". A long time ago, young, unmarried women were often sent to work as servants and that's how the name came to be.
In a narrower sense, it describes a female servant who lives at the house of her masters and works for them (and that's how the Japanese otaku subculture imagines them). In Japan, they are called "Maid-san".
▼ They are so skilful! They not only do housework, but also fight - the Japanese maids!
* "" indicates the names of the series the girls appear in.
Wilhelmina Carmel "Shakugan no Shana"
Hisui and Kohaku "Tsukihime"
