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# handmaiden

«handmaiden» in Mova's school dictionary: **a young woman servant who waits on a princess or lady…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (handmaidens) (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) A handmaiden is a young woman servant who waits on a princess or lady; the same as a handmaid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmaiden/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a servant who carries out a princess's orders

### examples

- The handmaiden obeyed the princess's order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmaiden/#x1)
- The princess sent her handmaiden to the traveller. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmaiden/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «handmaiden» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmaiden/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.