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HANDMAID

• HANDMAID (noun)
The noun HANDMAID has 2 senses:

1. in a subordinate position
2. a personal maid or female attendant

Familiarity information: HANDMAID used as a noun is rare.

• HANDMAID (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

In a subordinate position

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

handmaid; handmaiden; servant

Context examples:

theology should be the handmaiden of ethics / the state cannot be a servant of the church

Hypernyms ("handmaid" is a kind of...):

subordinateness; subsidiarity (secondary importance)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A personal maid or female attendant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

handmaid; handmaiden

Hypernyms ("handmaid" is a kind of...):

amah; housemaid; maid; maidservant (a female domestic)

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(English proverb)
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(Arabic proverb)
"He who has money and friends, turns his nose at justice."
(Corsican proverb)

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Definition of subsidiarity
Definition of housemaid
Definition of maid
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Definition of amah

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