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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Handmaid

/(hănd"mād`)/ · Hand·maid · IPA /ˈhændˌmeɪd/
01 n. A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
  1. 1.
    A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
  2. 2.
    Something or someone serving in a subordinate position; as, theology should be the handmaiden of ethics.
Syn. handmaid, servant.