Synonyms of handmaiden

handmaiden

noun

ˈhan(d)-ˌmā-dᵊn 

variants also handmaid

as in housekeeper

a female domestic servant

the princess was intensely shy, and allowed only her handmaiden to enter her chambers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• housekeeper
• maid
• maidservant
• housemaid
• charwoman
• house girl
• skivvy
• biddy
• wench
• char
• lady-in-waiting
• chambermaid
• attendant
• nursemaid
• abigail
• domestic
• au pair
• maid-in-waiting
• amah
• menial
• ayah

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of handmaiden

The common foe of all is expansionist Iran and its handmaidens Hamas and Hezbollah. — Josef Joffe, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026

Brush in hand, she is dwarfed by huge canvases within the paintings on which bare-breasted figures are in the process of emerging—a waiflike handmaiden hard at work at the feet of her American Helens of Troy. — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 23 May 2026

And what the project means by the term—turning the Department of Energy into a handmaiden of the coal, oil and natural gas industry—betrays not only the taxpayer but science itself. — Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2025

The handmaids’ crimson robes evolved into protest iconography around the world because the story captured fears about authoritarianism and gender more viscerally than overt political messaging ever could. — Marc Adelman, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026