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hand·maiden (hand′mād′'n)

noun

  1. Archaic a woman or girl servant or attendant
  2. that which accompanies in a useful but subordinate capacity law is the handmaiden of justice
Also handmaid hand′·maid′

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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