transcription, транскрипция: [ hændmeɪd(ə)n ]
( handmaidens)
1.
A handmaiden is a female servant. ( LITERARY, OLD-FASHIONED )
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2.
If one thing is the handmaiden of another, the first thing helps the second or makes it possible. ( FORMAL )
The fear is that science could become the handmaiden of industry.
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