Handmaid
['hændmeid]
Definition
(noun.) a personal maid or female attendant.
(noun.) in a subordinate position; 'theology should be the handmaiden of ethics'; 'the state cannot be a servant of the church'.
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Definition
(n.) Alt. of Handmaiden
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Maid-servant, female servant.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Servant, auxiliary, supporter
ANT:Antagonist, opponent
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Examples
- It did not revolt her pride that the group to whom she voluntarily officiated as handmaid should include her cousin's tutor. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The printing press was the handmaid of the Reformation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Possibly at home, but of a certainty impossible for handmaid to anticipate intentions of Miss Pross, as to admission or denial of the fact. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Lord, she cried, behold thine handmaid! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I have dismissed, with the fee of an orange, the little orphan who serves me as a handmaid. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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