handmaiden
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Ms. Horn takes trouble to depict Kay as an individual rather than a handmaiden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
From the journals Metcalfe has surmised that Vivien, herself a brilliant literary scholar and teacher, had willfully lived out her marriage under Blundy’s shadow, the dutiful handmaiden to a literary eminence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
They were joined by "handmaiden" Kaura Taylor, from Texas, who calls herself Asnat.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
Reddit’s latest and perhaps greatest financial play is to become a handmaiden to our emerging A.I. overlords.
From Slate ● Dec. 27, 2024
Or maybe she’s the handmaiden, good-natured and just out of view.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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