handmaiden, n.
(handmaidens)
(handmaidens)
a personal maid or female attendant
<noun.person>
handmaid handmaiden
semantic pointers
hypernym
in a subordinate position
<noun.state>
handmaid handmaiden servant
sample sentences
"theology should be the handmaiden of ethics""the state cannot be a servant of the church"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym