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handmaid

noun
/ˈhændˌmeɪd/US

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English handemayde, hand-maide, handmaide, handmayd, hand mayde, hand-mayde, haundmaid, hondemayde, hondmaide, hond-mayde. By surface analysis, compound of hand + maid, the first component in the sense of "ready at hand".

  1. inherited from handemayde

Definitions

  1. A maid that waits at hand

    A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.

    • And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

  2. A moth of the species Dysauxes ancilla.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA