handmaiden
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Definition of handmaiden
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of handmaid.
“Online and over Shabbat dinners, arguments about the election have grown bitter. Those grudgingly planning to vote for Labour have been called traitors to the community and self-hating Jews. Anti-Corbyn die-hards, on the other hand, have been branded the handmaidens of a hard Brexit.”
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noun
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(alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of handmaid.
“Online and over Shabbat dinners, arguments about the election have grown bitter. Those grudgingly planning to vote for Labour have been called traitors to the community and self-hating Jews. Anti-Corbyn die-hards, on the other hand, have been branded the handmaidens of a hard Brexit.”
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(derogatory)A cisgender woman who supports transgender rights.
“The fact that it is not possible to be seen as a supporter of trans people's human rights, as all feminists are or at least should be, unless we fully capitulate and take the metaphorical – and sometimes literal – boot in the face shows how extreme trans activists, enabled by their handmaiden allies, are nothing but a misogynistic men’s rights movement.”
“Solidarity with trans people but not women[,] I note[,] Angela. Especially the boring ones who fought for rights that you now enjoy. Enjoy being a handmaiden.”
“I have been called a handmaiden, a “pick me” girl, and been accused of vying for male attention.”
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Etymology
From Middle English hande mayden, handmaiden, hand mayden, hand-mayden, handmayden, hondemaiden, hond maydyn, hoondmaydyn. By surface analysis, hand + maiden. Sense 2 is an allusion to Canadian writer Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale (1985), in which "handmaids" are women who serve the male commanders in a patriarchal dystopia.
Words you can make from handmaiden
183 playable · top: HANDMADE (15 pts)
Best play handmade 15 points8-letter words
2 words7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
24 words- MEHNDI 12 pts
- HAEMIN 11 pts
- HANDED 11 pts
- HIDDEN 11 pts
- DAMNED 10 pts
- DEMAND 10 pts
- DIADEM 10 pts
- HADEAN 10 pts
- MADDEN 10 pts
- MEDIAD 10 pts
- MIDDEN 10 pts
- MINDED 10 pts
- AIDMAN 9 pts
- AIDMEN 9 pts
- ANADEM 9 pts
- DAIMEN 9 pts
- MAENAD 9 pts
- MAIDAN 9 pts
- MAIDEN 9 pts
- MANNED 9 pts
- MEDIAN 9 pts
- MEDINA 9 pts
- ANEMIA 8 pts
- DINNED 8 pts
5-letter words
33 words- HADED 10 pts
- HEMIN 10 pts
- HIDED 10 pts
- AAHED 9 pts
- AHEAD 9 pts
- ADMAN 8 pts
- ADMEN 8 pts
- ADMIN 8 pts
- AIMED 8 pts
- AMEND 8 pts
- AMIDE 8 pts
- DAMAN 8 pts
- DENIM 8 pts
- HENNA 8 pts
- MANED 8 pts
- MEDIA 8 pts
- MENAD 8 pts
- MINED 8 pts
- NAMED 8 pts
- AIDED 7 pts
- AMAIN 7 pts
- AMINE 7 pts
- AMNIA 7 pts
- ANIMA 7 pts
- ANIME 7 pts
- DINED 7 pts
- MANIA 7 pts
- MANNA 7 pts
- MINAE 7 pts
- NIDED 7 pts
- INNED 6 pts
- NAIAD 6 pts
- INANE 5 pts
4-letter words
51 words- AHEM 9 pts
- AMAH 9 pts
- HAEM 9 pts
- HAME 9 pts
- AHED 8 pts
- HADE 8 pts
- HAED 8 pts
- HAND 8 pts
- HEAD 8 pts
- HIDE 8 pts
- HIED 8 pts
- HIND 8 pts
- AMID 7 pts
- DAME 7 pts
- DAMN 7 pts
- DIME 7 pts
- HAEN 7 pts
- IDEM 7 pts
- MADE 7 pts
- MAID 7 pts
- MEAD 7 pts
- MEND 7 pts
- MIND 7 pts
- AMEN 6 pts
- AMIA 6 pts
- AMIE 6 pts
- AMIN 6 pts
- DADA 6 pts
- DEAD 6 pts
- DIED 6 pts
- MAIN 6 pts
- MANA 6 pts
- MANE 6 pts
- MANI 6 pts
- MEAN 6 pts
- MIEN 6 pts
- MINA 6 pts
- MINE 6 pts
- NAME 6 pts
- NEMA 6 pts
- AIDE 5 pts
- DEAN 5 pts
- DENI 5 pts
- DINE 5 pts
- IDEA 5 pts
- NADA 5 pts
- NIDE 5 pts
- ANNA 4 pts
- NAAN 4 pts
- NANA 4 pts
- NINE 4 pts
3-letter words
46 words- HAM 8 pts
- HEM 8 pts
- HIM 8 pts
- MEH 8 pts
- DAH 7 pts
- EDH 7 pts
- HAD 7 pts
- HID 7 pts
- AAH 6 pts
- AHA 6 pts
- AHI 6 pts
- DAM 6 pts
- DIM 6 pts
- HAE 6 pts
- HEN 6 pts
- HIE 6 pts
- HIN 6 pts
- MAD 6 pts
- MED 6 pts
- MID 6 pts
- NAH 6 pts
- ADD 5 pts
- AIM 5 pts
- AMA 5 pts
- AMI 5 pts
- DAD 5 pts
- DID 5 pts
- MAE 5 pts
- MAN 5 pts
- MEN 5 pts
- NAM 5 pts
- NIM 5 pts
- AID 4 pts
- AND 4 pts
- DAN 4 pts
- DEN 4 pts
- DIE 4 pts
- DIN 4 pts
- END 4 pts
- AIN 3 pts
- ANA 3 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANI 3 pts
- INN 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NAN 3 pts
2-letter words
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