handmaid

English

Alternative forms

• handmaiden

Etymology

From hand in the sense of "ready at hand" + maid

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhændˌmeɪd/

Noun

handmaid (plural handmaids)

1. A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.

Translations

maid that waits at hand

• Armenian: աղախին (hy) (aġaxin)
• Chinese:

  Min Nan: 女婢 (lu2-pi7), tsa1-boo2-kan2

• Dutch: dienstmaagd (nl)
• Finnish: palvelijatar
• German: Dienerin (de) f, Zofe (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: bansclábhaí m
• Latin: pedisequa f
• Portuguese: empregada (pt) f, donzela (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: ban-òglach f
• Slovene: služkinja f
• Spanish: azafata (es) f
• Telugu: దాసి (te) f (dāsi)

See also

• wait on someone hand and foot

Anagrams

• Hamdanid