handmaiden

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of handmaid.
2. (derogatory) A cisgender woman who supports transgender rights.

Sinonieme

handmaid

servant

maidservant

servant girl

maid

attendant

domestic animal

manservant

domestic

housemaid

Vertalings

domestique

serva

bonne

servante

ancella

criada

criada

dienstmaagd

dienares

dienstmeisje

Dienstbote

Magd

dienstbode

ancilla

criada

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: hande mayden

In summary

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 poet Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale (1985), in which "handmaids" are women who serve the male commanders in a patriarchal dystopia.