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Handmaiden
Female personal attendant who waits on the lady of the house / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the historic type of domestic servant. For other uses, see The Handmaid.
A handmaiden (nowadays less commonly handmaid or maidservant) is a personal maid or female servant.[1] (The term is also used metaphorically for something whose primary role is to serve or assist.)[1] Depending on culture or historical period, a handmaiden may be of slave status or may be simply an employee. The terms handmaiden and handmaid are synonyms.[1]
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