A handmaiden (nowadays less commonly handmaid or maidservant) is a personal maid or female servant. [1] The term is also used metaphorically for something whose primary role is to serve …

The meaning of HANDMAIDEN is a personal maid or female servant. How to use handmaiden in a sentence.

Supporters, members & defenders (Definition of handmaiden from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

If one thing is the handmaiden of another, the first thing helps the second or makes it possible.

In 1930s Korea, a girl is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a countryside estate. But the maid has a secret: She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler …

He feels that government has become the handmaiden of corporate interests. [=the government only serves corporate interests]

A con man and an orphaned pickpocket scheme to seduce an naive Japanese heiress and steal her fortune in 1930s Korea.

Definition of handmaiden noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Oct 21, 2016 · Park Chan-Wook’s “The Handmaiden” is a love story, revenge thriller and puzzle film set in Japanese-occupied Korea in the 1930s. It is voluptuously beautiful, frankly sexual, …

Long ago, a handmaiden (also called a handmaid) often served as the personal servant or maid to the lady of the house. You're much more likely to encounter this word in a book or movie these …