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also handmaid
as in maid
a female domestic servant
the princess was intensely shy, and allowed only her handmaiden to enter her chambers
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There, she is herded with some cloistered young women, handmaidens whose sole function is to bear children for Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme), the Citadel’s leader.
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Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 15 May 2024
Across the room, facing Helen, her handmaiden and Paris — and a despondent-looking dog — is Cassandra, who could see the future, along with Apollo, who had cursed her so her prophecies would not be believed.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Art was useful, too, as a handmaiden to the urgent problem of narrative.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
In her earlier fiction, McCullers presented imagination positively—as the handmaiden to creativity, or as a kind of life force.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
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Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 15 May 2024
Across the room, facing Helen, her handmaiden and Paris — and a despondent-looking dog — is Cassandra, who could see the future, along with Apollo, who had cursed her so her prophecies would not be believed.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Art was useful, too, as a handmaiden to the urgent problem of narrative.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
In her earlier fiction, McCullers presented imagination positively—as the handmaiden to creativity, or as a kind of life force.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
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“Handmaiden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handmaiden. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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