variants
also handmaids
as in housekeepers
a female domestic servant
the princess was intensely shy, and allowed only her handmaiden to enter her chambers
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Noun
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Even the housekeepers know what to look out for.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Feb. 2026 -
King also said in recent years the hospital doubled the number of housekeepers per shift in its emergency department, and also increased the number of its emergency department transporters by 2%.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But Season Four takes viewers to lower-class settings like the bars where scullery maids and footmen relax, the markets where house staff shop, even the secret drawing rooms where servants eat their breakfast and discuss town gossip.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
2 Feb. 2026
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In Jackson, Mississippi during the early 1960s, a young white woman teams up with two Black maids to document the realities of domestic work in segregated households.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Handmaidens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handmaidens. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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