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    HANDMAIDEN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A personal maid or female attendantplay

    Synonyms:

    handmaid; handmaiden

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("handmaiden" is a kind of...):

    amah; housemaid; maid; maidservant (a female domestic)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    In a subordinate positionplay

    Example:

    the state cannot be a servant of the church

    Synonyms:

    handmaid; handmaiden; servant

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("handmaiden" is a kind of...):

    subordinateness; subsidiarity (secondary importance)

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