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Handmaiden Bre /ˈhændmeɪdn/Name /ˈhændmeɪdn/(Also Hand•Maid /Bre ˈhændmeɪd; Name ˈhændmeɪd/)Noun1 (Old Fashioned) A Female Servant 2 (Formal) Something Supports Helps Sth

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Back BrE /ˈhændmeɪdn/NAmE /ˈhændmeɪdn/(also hand•maid /BrE ˈhændmeɪd; NAmE ˈhændmeɪd/)noun1 (old-fashioned) a female servant

2 (formal) something that supports and helps sth elseMathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences.

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