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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: handmaiden (0.01343 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to handmaiden.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: handmaiden
handmaiden
n 1: in a subordinate position;
“theology should be the
handmaiden of ethics”;
“the state cannot be a servant of
the church” [syn:
handmaid,
servant]
2: a personal maid or female attendant [syn:
handmaid]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Handmaiden
Handmaid
\Hand"maid`\ (h[a^]nd"m[=a]d`), Handmaiden
\Hand"maid`en\ (h[a^]nd"m[=a]d`'n), n.
A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
[WordNet sense 2]
[1913 Webster]
2. Something or someone serving in a subordinate position;
as, theology should be the handmaiden of ethics. [WordNet
sense 1]
Syn: handmaid, servant.
[WordNet 1.5]
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