• (America) IPA: /ˈhændˌmeɪd/

handmaid (plural handmaids)

1. A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Acts 2:18 ↗:

     And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

• German: Dienerin, Zofe
• Portuguese: empregada, donzela
• Spanish: azafata