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n. A woman attendant or servant.

n. Something that accompanies or is attendant on another: "the traditional notion that government was the handmaiden of business” ( Doris Kearns Goodwin).

n. A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.

n. A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.

n. Something or someone serving in a subordinate position.

n. A female servant or personal attendant; a female assistant: often used figuratively.

n. in a subordinate position

n. a personal maid or female attendant

"For, as _the Psalm saith_, that "the eye of the handmaid looketh perpetually towards the mistress," and yet, _no doubt, many things are left to the discretion of the handmaid_, to discern of the"

handmaiden   

subsidiarity    subordinateness    maidservant    housemaid    maid   

handmaiden    abettor    suppliant    dairymaid    ynough