Found 4 hits - Term: handmaid, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
handmaid \hand"maid`\ ha^nd"m=ad`, handmaiden
\hand"maid`en\ ha^nd"m=ad`'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 be the handmaiden of ethics. wordnet
sense 1
syn: handmaid, servant.
wordnet 1.5
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
handmaid
n 1: in a subordinate position; "theology should be the
handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of
the church" syn: handmaiden, servant
2: a personal maid or female attendant syn: handmaiden
see also:
handmaiden servant
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
67 moby thesaurus words for "handmaid":
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
- [4] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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.
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