variants also handmaid
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Recent Examples of handmaiden 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 The common foe of all is expansionist Iran and its handmaidens Hamas and Hezbollah. — Josef Joffe, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026 That’s for the courts to say, not Trump’s handmaidens in cruelty. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for handmaiden
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handmaiden
Noun
  • Leeves played Daphne, a live-in housekeeper and physical therapist for Frasier’s father, Martin (John Mahoney).
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Nerys Amber Stocks is also joining the cast for the special as Lucy, the Haywards’ housekeeper.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The maid-servant has just dipped a flannel into the white basin of water at her feet and is now holding the flannel up to wash Mary’s face.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The piece was presented by Queen Anne to her maid-of-honour, Lady Elizabeth Russell, who married Peter Bowlby circa 1750.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2026

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“Handmaiden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handmaiden. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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