HANDMAIDEN


Meaning of HANDMAIDEN in English

/ ˈhændmeɪdn; NAmE / (also hand·maid / ˈhændmeɪd; NAmE /) noun

1.

( old-fashioned ) a female servant

2.

( formal ) something that supports and helps sth else :

Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.