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handmayd

handmayd is the obsolete spelling of handmaid.

Meaning of handmaid

Noun

handmaid (plural handmaids)

  1. (historical) A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
  2. A moth of the species Dysauxes ancilla.

Forms of handmayd

pluralhandmayds

Questions about handmayd

What is handmayd the obsolete spelling of?
Handmayd is the obsolete spelling of handmaid.

Words near handmayd in the dictionary

  1. handmaking
  2. handman
  3. handmark
  4. handmarked
  5. handmarks
  6. handmayd
  7. handmayds
  8. handmen
  9. handmill
  10. handmills
  11. handmirror

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handmayd (page history and authors); handmaid (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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