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HANDMAID

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A personal maid or female attendant

Synonyms:

handmaid; handmaiden

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("handmaid" is a kind of...):

amah; housemaid; maid; maidservant (a female domestic)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a subordinate position

Example:

the state cannot be a servant of the church

Synonyms:

handmaid; handmaiden; servant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("handmaid" is a kind of...):

subordinateness; subsidiarity (secondary importance)

Credits