Meaning

1 senses
  1. (derogatory)A cisgender woman who supports transgender rights.

More definitions
  • a personal maid or female attendant
  • in a subordinate position

Origin

From Middle English hande mayden, handmaiden, hand mayden, hand-mayden, handmayden, hondem

From Middle English hande mayden, handmaiden, hand mayden, hand-mayden, handmayden, hondemaiden, hond maydyn, hoondmaydyn. By surface analysis, hand + maiden.

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Forms

plural: handmaidens
Singularhandmaiden
Pluralhandmaidens

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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