HANDMAIDEN

handmaid, handmaiden

(noun) a personal maid or female attendant

handmaid, handmaiden, servant

(noun) in a subordinate position; “theology should be the handmaiden of ethics”; “the state cannot be a servant of the church”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

handmaiden (plural handmaidens)

Alternative form of handmaid

Source: Wiktionary


Hand"maid", Hand"maiden, n.

Definition: A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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LEFT

(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”


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