Hypertext Webster Gateway: "handmaiden"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Handmaid \Hand"maid"\, Handmaiden \Hand"maiden\, n.
A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
handmaiden
n 1: in a subordinate position; "theology should be the
handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of
the church" [syn: {handmaid}, {servant}]
2: a personal maid or female attendant [syn: {handmaid}]
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