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handmaid
[ hand-meyd ]
/ ˈhændˌmeɪd /
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noun
something that is necessarily subservient or subordinate to another: Ceremony is but the handmaid of worship.
a female servant or attendant.
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Also hand·maid·en [hand-meyd-n] /ˈhændˌmeɪd n/ .
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