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handmaiden

1.	(noun) a personal maid or female attendant
	Synonyms: handmaid
	Related Words: amah, housemaid, maid, maidservant

2.	(noun) in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church"
	Synonyms: handmaid, servant
	Related Words: subordinateness, subsidiarity