HANDMAIDEN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a personal maid or female attendant
   Synonym(s)
   • handmaid (what does handmaid mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) handmaiden is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • maid (what does maid mean?)
   • maidservant (what does maidservant mean?)
   • housemaid (what does housemaid mean?)
   • amah (what does amah mean?)
2. Meaning
   • in a subordinate position
   Synonym(s)
   • handmaid (what does handmaid mean?)
   • servant (what does servant mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • theology should be the handmaiden of ethics
   • the state cannot be a servant of the church
   Hypernyms(s) handmaiden is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • subordinateness (what does subordinateness mean?)
   • subsidiarity (what does subsidiarity mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • serve (what does serve mean?)
   • serve well (what does serve well mean?)