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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Handmaid \Hand"maid"\, Handmaiden \Hand"maiden\, n. A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: handmaid n 1: in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church" [syn: {handmaiden}, {servant}] 2: a personal maid or female attendant [syn: {handmaiden}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Handmaid servant (Gen. 16:1; Ruth 3:9; Luke 1:48). It is probable that Hagar was Sarah's personal attendant while she was in the house of Pharaoh, and was among those maid-servants whom Abram had brought from Egypt.
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