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English
Etymology
From 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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :LUCIO: Is she your cousin?
ISABELLA: Adoptedly, as schoolmaids change their names / By vain though apt affection.