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# handmaiden

noun (handmaidens) (old use)

«handmaiden» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(old use) A handmaiden is a young woman servant who waits on a princess or lady; the same as a handmaid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmaiden/#m1)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales, a servant who carries out a princess's orders

### Examples

- The handmaiden obeyed the princess's order. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmaiden/#x1)
- The princess sent her handmaiden to the traveller. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmaiden/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Ruth speaks it as a humble comparison, saying she is not even like Boaz's servant women.

**Interpretation.** Tradition admires Ruth's humility and kindness, and sees her as the ancestor of King David.

### Examples

- Then she said: 'Let me find favour in thy sight, my LORD; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken to the heart of thy handmaid, though I be not as one of thy handmaidens.' (Writings RUT.2.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/handmaiden/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «handmaiden» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmaiden/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«handmaiden» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handmaiden.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «handmaiden» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/handmaiden/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«handmaiden» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/handmaiden.html) on Mova free.