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Meanings of handmaid (handmaids) in English

Portuguese
empregada
Spanish
criada

In a subordinate position.

empregada
Usage of handmaids in English
1
The beloved of God and the handmaids of the Merciful in Dresden.
The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 1)
2
Several handmaids sat beside her, sad of face and tattered of dress.
King Arthur's Knights / The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls
3
She clad her and her handmaids with care, as did beseem them.
The Nibelungenlied
4
There was comfort, and there were peace and contentment, her smiling handmaids.
Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches
5
One of her handmaids shows her a piece of embroidery she's made.
News.com.au
6
To the beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the
The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 1)
7
We used to have servants, handmaids, nannies, chauffeurs, private teachers in our house.
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
8
He was Pendennis; and all round about him were his servants and handmaids.
Boys and Girls from Thackeray
9
When she was clean, her handmaids helped her from the water.
A Game of Thrones
10
The female help weeps after the noisy fashion of untutored handmaids.
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table
11
Then the handmaids and their children came near and bowed themselves.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
12
When that was done she sent her handmaids off as well.
A Dance with Dragons
13
You were told that you are the handmaids of your husbands.
Saint Augustin
14
Then Arete bade her handmaids prepare a bed for the stranger.
The Story of the Odyssey
15
It essays to bar all progress; Ignorance and Superstition are its blinded handmaids.
Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul
16
He towered over Aggo and Jhogo now, as her handmaids had both noticed.
A Dance with Dragons
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Spanish
criada
Handmaids through the time
Handmaids across language varieties
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