housemaid vs mistress

housemaid

verb
  • To be a housemaid. 

  • To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them. 

noun
  • A housewife. 

  • A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid. 

mistress

verb
  • To act or take the role of a mistress. 

  • Of a woman: to master; to learn or develop to a high degree of proficiency. 

noun
  • The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations 

  • A female companion to a master (a man with control, authority or ownership) 

  • A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership 

  • a woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart 

  • A married woman; a wife 

  • A female teacher 

  • A dominatrix 

  • A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it 

How often have the words housemaid and mistress occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )