handmaiden – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
handmaiden
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.
handmaiden
Noun
1. in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church"
(synonym) handmaid, servant
(hypernym) subordinateness, subsidiarity
2. a personal maid or female attendant
(synonym) handmaid
(hypernym) maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah
Handmaiden
(n.)
A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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