'Handmaid' definitions:
Definition of 'handmaid'
(from WordNet)
noun
In a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church" [syn: handmaid, handmaiden, servant]
noun
A personal maid or female attendant [syn: handmaid, handmaiden]
Definition of 'Handmaid'
From: GCIDE
- Handmaid \Hand"maid`\ (h[a^]nd"m[=a]d`), Handmaiden \Hand"maid`en\ (h[a^]nd"m[=a]d`'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]
Definition of 'handmaid'
From: Easton
- 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.
Synonyms of 'handmaid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abigail,
- agent,
- amah,
- ancilla,
- appliance,
- au pair girl,
- ayah,
- betweenmaid,
- biddy,
- chambermaid,
- chaperon,
- Charlie McCarthy,
- 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