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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An earlier form of handmaid.

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  • noun Alternative form of handmaid.

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  • noun in a subordinate position
  • noun a personal maid or female attendant

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Examples

  • Ilira's handmaiden is Tamara, who allies with Conan in what sounds like a Red Sonja hot amazon role.

    Archive 2009-11-01 Reis O'Brien 2009

  • Ilira's handmaiden is Tamara, who allies with Conan in what sounds like a Red Sonja hot amazon role.

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  • Then she said to me, “Know that this handmaiden is to us even as our own child and she is a trust committed to thee by Allah.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Get it yet; she did not want to be judged on her own name and merits; she wanted to be known as the handmaiden of slick Willie.

    Video: Obama's South Carolina Victory Speech 2009

  • Only after she heard this from two others did she herself believe it and accept her status as handmaiden, which is reflected in her statement to the angel: “I am running away from my mistress Sarai” (Gen. Rabbah 45: 7).

    Hagar: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

  • ROY GREENSLADE, PROFESSOR, CITY UNIVERSITY/MEDIA COMMENTATOR: Well, it can be the handmaiden, which is Timothy Balding's point.

    CNN Transcript Dec 5, 2008 2008

  • The handmaiden was the one bit of home Valeria had brought with her: nag, chaperone, and anchor.

    Hadrian's Wall.html Dietrich, William 2004

  • It is well you should speedily know that your handmaiden is a poor Jewess, the daughter of that Isaac of York, to whom you were so lately a good and kind lord.

    Ivanhoe 2004

  • "The handmaiden is my own sister's child," he answered quietly.

    The Moon Pool 1919

  • "The handmaiden is my own sister's child," he answered quietly.

    The Moon Pool Abraham Merritt 1913

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