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handmaiden
" Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil."
Branch Rickey

Meaning of "handmaiden" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF HANDMAIDEN

ˈhændˌmeɪdən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HANDMAIDEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Handmaiden is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HANDMAIDEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of handmaiden in the English dictionary

The definition of handmaiden in the dictionary is a person or thing that serves a useful but subordinate purpose. Other definition of handmaiden is a female servant or attendant.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HANDMAIDEN

Aden · Aidan · Blaydon · bridemaiden · Croydon · forbidden · gleemaiden · Haden · Haydon · heavy-laden · hidden · laden · Leiden · maiden · menhaden · midden · Poseidon · ridden · Sheridan · unladen

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HANDMAIDEN

handleless · handler · handless · Handley Page · handlike · handling · handling charges · handloom · handmade · handmaid · handover · handpass · handphone · handpress · handprint · handrail · handroll · hands · hands down · hands off

WORDS THAT END LIKE HANDMAIDEN

Baden · burden · clothes maiden · den · Dresden · Eden · garden · golden · Gulf of Aden · hoiden · holden · ice maiden · iron maiden · madden · rewiden · sudden · swan maiden · Sweden · wicket maiden · wooden

Synonyms and antonyms of handmaiden in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «handmaiden» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HANDMAIDEN

Find out the translation of handmaiden to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of handmaiden from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «handmaiden» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

婢女
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

sierva
570 millions of speakers
en

English

handmaiden
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

नौकर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خادمة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

служанкой
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

serva
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

তুচ্ছ দাসীর
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

servante
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Hamba perempuan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Magd
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

侍女
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

하녀
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Dhuwit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người hầu gái
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

அடிமையின்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

हस्तमैथुन
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

cariye
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

handmaiden
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

służebnicą
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

служницею
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

slujnica
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δούλη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Diensmaagd
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

handmaidenen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tjener
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of handmaiden

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HANDMAIDEN»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of handmaiden
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about handmaiden

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2 QUOTES WITH «HANDMAIDEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word handmaiden.
1
Chuck Jones
Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.
2
Branch Rickey
Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HANDMAIDEN»

Discover the use of handmaiden in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to handmaiden and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
God’s Handmaiden
Gervase Howard, a young nurse serving under Florence Nightingale in the Crimea, returns home to care for a young nobleman who lies in a coma---the only man she has ever loved, but who is married to someone else.
Gilbert Morris, 2009
2
The Cultured Handmaiden
Published in the United States for the first time, this is international bestselling author Cookson's engrossing story of a young secretary looking for romance and respect.
Catherine Cookson, 2005
3
Handmaiden Of Palmyra
A lavish erotic historical set in 3rd Century Syria.
Fleur Reynolds, 2010
4
Handmaiden of Trade: A Study on ASEAN-Australia Shipping
This volume is the result of a three-year research project carried out as part of the ASEAN-Australia Joint Research Project.
‎1988
5
Handmaiden's Necklace
Five years ago, Rafael, Duke of Sheffield, believed he was betrayed by the woman he loved and the pain haunts him still.
Kat Martin, 2010
6
Eternity's Handmaiden
Eternity's Handmaiden is a fast paced espionage thriller taking the reader from one end of the timeline to another.
R. Peter Ubtrent, 2004
7
Aid as Handmaiden for the Development of Institutions: A New ...
Through comparative studies of aid supported infrastructure projects in East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the book examines how aid could assist development processes by facilitating development of local endogenous institutions, which are ...
Machiko Nissanke, Yasutami Shimomura, 2013
8
The Queen's Handmaiden
Risking her heart- and her head-in service to the cause of seeing Elizabeth on the throne, Eloise is a bright, brave, sprightly witness to history. This is her story.
Jennifer Ashley, 2007
9
Jane Ellen Harrison's "Handmaiden No More": Victorian ...
Harrison's theories about art and ritual are prime examples of the cultural shift in perceptions about ritual experience and expressions of spirituality that occurred during the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Rita R. Wright, 2009
10
Archaeology
In the words of Ivor Noël Hume (former director of the archaeological program at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia), the proper role of historical archaeology was to serve as a “handmaiden to history”; the historical archaeologist was effectively “a  ...
Robert Kelly, David Thomas, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HANDMAIDEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term handmaiden is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bran Stark Is Coming Back to Game of Thrones for Season 6
Role: Dothraki handmaiden to Daenerys Targaryen. Time of death: Season 2, Episode 7. Means of execution: Murdered during Xaro Xhoan ... «TIME, Jul 15»
2
First Trailer For The Bastard Executioner (Video)!
Lady Love's handmaiden and trusted confidant. Sarah Sweeny as “Jessamy Maddox”: Pretty, hardened by abuse. The executioner's wife. «Geeks of Doom, Jul 15»
3
no benefits in the welfare state
... capital, a shared project with conservative liberals and the country party, but it is wrong to persist in socialism, and its handmaiden, welfarism. «The Australian, Jul 15»
4
Emily Thornberry :Lies, Damn Lies and the Welfare Debate
Without a willing handmaiden in the Murdoch press empire to help me, I'm relying on you to spread the word: Lie number one: "This country ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
5
Greece: Welcome to the Third World and Here Are Some Lessons
Some Third World countries have drawn their hard lessons about the IMF over the years: that it is simply the handmaiden of global capital and ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
Now Playing Onstage in Jacksonville - Week of 7/12/2015
He soon falls in love with her and saves her from a life of hard labor by giving her as a handmaiden to the Egyptian princess Amneris, his future ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
7
US Has Established a State Religion: What Now for Christians?
Reductionism is always tyranny's handmaiden. People are much more easily categorized and then punished when they are seen through only ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
8
Claude Monet Is the New Donald Trump
... “Orientalism,” a handmaiden of Imperialism whereby nonwestern cultures are reduced to a handful of mysterious traits — unknowable exotics ... «VDARE.com, Jul 15»
9
EDITORIAL: Impossibility of the euro
Currency a handmaiden? More like a tart. Between these extremes were spoken and unspoken alternatives, ranging from a vow that progress ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
10
Emma Watson and Kiernan Shipka star in: 50 actors who should …
Keira Knightley and Natalie Portman have already come close to a turn as siblings: When she was 12, Knightley's handmaiden was selected as ... «A.V. Club DC, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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