handmaiden

English Thesaurus

1. a personal maid or female attendant (noun.person)

hypernym	:	amah, housemaid, maid, maidservant,
definition	:	a female domestic (noun.person)

2. in a subordinate position (noun.state)

hypernym	:	subordinateness, subsidiarity,
definition	:	secondary importance (noun.state)

derivation	:	serve, serve well,
definition	:	promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to (verb.stative)

derivation	:	serve, serve well,
definition	:	promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to (verb.stative)