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Added 9 October 2026

handmaid

/ˈhændˌmeɪd/ noun

In Latin: pedisequa Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about handmaid at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
A moth of the species Dysauxes ancilla.

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".

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