handmaid

Meanings

Noun

in a subordinate position
- "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"
a personal maid or female attendant
A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
A moth of the species Dysauxes ancilla.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English handemayde, hand-maide, handmaide, handmayd, hand mayde, hand-mayde, haundmaid, hondemayde, hondmaide, hond-mayde. By surface analysis, compound of hand + maid, the first component in the sense of "ready at hand".

Synonyms

handmaiden, servant

Scrabble Score: 15

handmaid is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
handmaid is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
handmaid is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

handmaid is a valid Words With Friends word