handmaid

handmaid
Synonyms and related words:
Charlie McCarthy, abigail, agent, amah, ancilla, appliance, au pair girl, ayah, betweenmaid, biddy, chambermaid, chaperon, companion, contrivance, cook, creature, device, duenna, dummy, dupe, femme de chambre, fille de chambre, gentlewoman, girl, go-between, handmaiden, hired girl, housemaid, implement, instrument, interagent, intermediary, intermediate, intermedium, kitchenmaid, lady-help, lady-in-waiting, lever, live-in maid, live-out maid, maid, maidservant, mechanism, mediator, medium, midwife, minion, nursemaid, organ, parlormaid, pawn, plaything, puppet, scullery maid, servant, servant girl, servitress, slave, soubrette, stooge, tool, toy, tweeny, upstairs maid, vehicle, waiting maid, wench

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  • Handmaid — Hand maid (h[a^]nd m[=a]d ), Handmaiden Hand maid en (h[a^]nd m[=a]d n), n. A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant. [WordNet sense 2] [1913 Webster] 2. Something or someone serving in a subordinate position; as, theology should… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • handmaid — (n.) late 14c., from HAND (Cf. hand) (n.) in the sense in close at hand + MAID (Cf. maid). Cf. Old English handþegn personal attendant …   Etymology dictionary

  • handmaid — ► NOUN 1) archaic a female servant. 2) a subservient partner or element …   English terms dictionary

  • handmaid — handmaiden UK [ˈhændˌmeɪd(ə)n] / US or handmaid UK [ˈhændˌmeɪd] / US noun [countable] Word forms handmaiden : singular handmaiden plural handmaidens Word forms handmaid : singular handmaid plural handmaids 1) old fashioned a woman who is someone… …   English dictionary

  • handmaid — /hand mayd /, n. 1. something that is necessarily subservient or subordinate to another: Ceremony is but the handmaid of worship. 2. a female servant or attendant. Also, handmaiden. [1350 1400; ME; see HAND, MAID] * * * …   Universalium

  • handmaid — hand•maid [[t]ˈhændˌmeɪd[/t]] also hand′maid en n. 1) a female servant or attendant 2) something subservient or subordinate: Ceremony is but the handmaid of worship[/ex] • Etymology: 1350–1400 …   From formal English to slang

  • handmaid — noun see handmaiden …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • handmaid — noun /ˈhændˌmeɪd/ A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant …   Wiktionary

  • 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 …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • handmaid — ‚hænd‚meɪd n. female servant, maid …   English contemporary dictionary

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