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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun handmaiden has 2 senses
- handmaiden(n = noun.state) handmaid, servant - in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church" is a kind of subordinateness, subsidiarity
- handmaiden(n = noun.person) handmaid - a personal maid or female attendant; Array is a kind of amah, housemaid, maid, maidservant
CIDE DICTIONARY
handmaiden, n.
- A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant. [1913 Webster]
- Something or someone serving in a subordinate position; as, theology should be the handmaiden of ethics. [WordNet 1.5]
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