handmaid
handmaid · handmaids
служниця
Dienerin, Zofe
A maid that waits at handA maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
US/ˈhændˌmeɪd/
» Please forgive the trespass of thy handmaid.
Meaning
2 senses(historical)A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
Dienerin, Zofe
служни́цяslužnýcja
a personal maid or female attendant
A moth of the species Dysauxes ancilla.
Examples
2 sentencesPlease forgive the trespass of thy handmaid.
Then the handmaids and their children came near and bowed themselves.
Translations
4 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
maid that waits at hand:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
maid that waits at hand:
Origin
Inherited from Middle English handemayde, hand-maide, handmaide, handmayd, hand mayde, hanInherited 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".
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Forms
plural: handmaidsSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- a personal maid or female attendant:handmaiden
- in a subordinate position:handmaidenservant