单词	handmaid
释义	handmaid /ˈhan(d)meɪd / (also handmaiden) noun archaic 1A female servant.And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit.... ‘An opera libretto has to be stiletto-slim, compared with a play,’ he said, and as much of the novel consists of the handmaid's memories, he faced problems in representing them as parallel action. Bumiller mistakenly defines Valkyries as ‘warrior women,’ when the dictionary describes them the handmaids of Odin, riding on horseback, escorting slain heroes to Valhalla. 1.1A subservient partner or element: this is not to say that the researcher simply becomes the handmaid of the practitioner... In ‘little q’ research, the questions are set in the quantitative paradigm, and the qualitative aspect is little more than a handmaid to the numbers. The handmaids of these august assemblies are Senor Solana and Mr Patten, the two External Affairs Commissioners. And as if that weren't enough luxury, you can also employ the services of the masseuse to act as a handmaid to satisfy your every need during the birth.
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