Definitions
a personal maid or female attendant
Word origin
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".
Used in a sentence
“And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Personal attendant”8 letters
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