handmaid

== English == === Alternative forms === handmaiden handmayd (obsolete) === Etymology === 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". === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈhændˌmeɪd/ Rhymes: -ændmeɪd Homophone: handmade === Noun === handmaid (plural handmaids) (now historical) A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant. A moth of the species Dysauxes ancilla. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== wait on someone hand and foot === Anagrams === Hamdanid