handmaid

Noun

Meaning

Alt. of Handmaiden

Source: Webster's dictionary

servant handmaiden cook dolly abigail biddy wench help artist nurse puppet domestic slave slavery girl

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lord plenipotentiary householder host leader master

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Hamdanid

All good moral philosophy is ... but the handmaid to religion. Francis Bacon

Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty. James Russell Lowell

For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness. Thomas Bulfinch

Music had always been the handmaid of the Roman liturgy. Richard Morris

Music is the handmaid of divinity. Latin Proverb

Once a handmaid never a lady. Latin Proverb