handmaid
pronunciation
How to pronounce handmaid in British English:
UK ['hændmeɪd]
How to pronounce handmaid in American English:
US ['hændmeɪd]
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- Noun:
- in a subordinate position
- a personal maid or female attendant
Word Origin
- handmaid (n.)
- "female servant," c. 1300, from hand (n.) in the sense in close at hand + maid. Compare Old English handþegn "personal attendant" and the original sense of handsome.
Example
- 1. Then she said unto him , hear the words of thine handmaid .
- 2. Now sarai abram 's wife bare him no children : and she had an handmaid , an egyptian , whose name was hagar .
- 3. During this time he worshipped the divine mother as her companion or handmaid .
- 4. I gave my handmaid into your bosom , and when she saw that she had conceived , I was despised in her eyes .
- 5. When leah saw that she had left off bearing , she took zilpah her handmaid , and gave her to jacob to wife .