handmaiden

Other forms of handmaiden

plural

handmaidens·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about handmaiden

What does handmaiden mean?

handmaiden means "in a subordinate position". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in handmaiden?

handmaiden has 3 syllables: hand-mai-den. The stress falls on "hand".

What is another word for handmaiden?

Close synonyms include handmaid, servant, handmaid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is handmaiden a common word?

handmaiden is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.