handmaiden

FREQ #39330

n. 侍女, 女仆

发音

US

词形变化

handmaidens 复数 handmaidens

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of handmaid.

  2. 2.

    A cisgender woman who supports transgender rights.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

servant handmaid

上位词 6

maid housemaid subsidiarity amah maidservant subordinateness

词源

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.

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