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handmaid
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handmaid in WordNet English dictionary
noun
a personal maid or female attendant
handmaid
handmaiden
in a subordinate position
"theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church"
handmaid
handmaiden
servant
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