Handmaid

(noun.) a personal maid or female attendant.

(noun.) in a subordinate position; 'theology should be the handmaiden of ethics'; 'the state cannot be a servant of the church'.

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• It did not revolt her pride that the group to whom she voluntarily officiated as handmaid should include her cousin's tutor. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The printing press was the handmaid of the Reformation. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Possibly at home, but of a certainty impossible for handmaid to anticipate intentions of Miss Pross, as to admission or denial of the fact. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Lord, she cried, behold thine handmaid! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I have dismissed, with the fee of an orange, the little orphan who serves me as a handmaid. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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