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handmaid
handmaida female helper or servant; something that is subservient or subordinate to another: All good moral philosophy is but a handmaid to religion.
Not to be confused with:handmade – crafted by hand rather than by machine: handmade candles homemade – made or prepared at home or in the facility or restaurant that serves it: homemade curtainshand·maid H0044900 (hănd′mād′) also hand·maid·en (-mād′n)n.1. A woman attendant or servant.2. often handmaiden Something that accompanies or is attendant on another: "the traditional notion that government was the handmaiden of business" (Doris Kearns Goodwin).hand•maid (ˈhændˌmeɪd) also hand′maid`en,
n. 1. a female servant or attendant. 2. something subservient or subordinate: Ceremony is but the handmaid of worship. [1350–1400] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | handmaid - in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church"handmaiden, servantsubordinateness, subsidiarity - secondary importance | | 2. | handmaid - a personal maid or female attendanthandmaidenhousemaid, maid, maidservant, amah - a female domestic |
Translationsazafatabonnedomestiquedonzelaempregadahandmaid
Synonyms for handmaidnoun in a subordinate positionSynonymsRelated Words- subordinateness
- subsidiarity
noun a personal maid or female attendantSynonymsRelated Words- housemaid
- maid
- maidservant
- amah
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