Associations to the word «Handmaid»

Wiktionary

HANDMAID, noun. A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.

Dictionary definition

HANDMAID, noun. In a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church".
HANDMAID, noun. A personal maid or female attendant.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley