parlormaid vs maid

parlormaid and maid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
parlormaid	Yes	No	No	No
maid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, maid is a hypernym of parlormaid; that is, maid is a word with a broader meaning than parlormaid:

parlormaid: a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door
maid: a female domestic

Other hypernyms of parlormaid include amah, housemaid, maidservant.

parlormaid (noun)	maid (noun)
a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door	an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
	a female domestic