handmaid: Meaning and Definition of

hand•maid

Pronunciation: (hand'mād"), [key]
— n.
  1. something that is necessarily subservient or subordinate to another: Ceremony is but the handmaid of worship.
  2. a female servant or attendant.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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