handmaid – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
handmaid
n.
female servant, maid
Handmaiden
A
handmaiden,
handmaid or
maidservant is a personal
maid or female servant, or someone whose primary role is to serve or assist. The term is not commonly used nowadays; the terms
maid or
domestic worker being more commonly used.
handmaid
Noun
1. in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church"
(synonym) handmaiden, servant
(hypernym) subordinateness, subsidiarity
2. a personal maid or female attendant
(synonym) handmaiden
(hypernym) maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah
Handmaid
(n.)
Alt. of Handmaiden
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Handmaid
servant (Gen. 16:1; Ruth 3:9; Luke 1:48). It is probable that Hagar was Sarah's personal attendant while she was in the house of Pharaoh, and was among those maid-servants whom Abram had brought from Egypt.
