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Handmaiden

A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.

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Housemaid 76% connected

A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms.

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Maid 76% connected

An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.

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Maidservant 76% connected

A female servant.

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Handmaid 92% connected

Alt. of Handmaiden

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Servant 92% connected

One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is su…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Administration noun · 78% connection

the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of gover…

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Agency noun · 78% connection

an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tenn…

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Authority noun · 78% connection

an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tenn…

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Body noun · 78% connection

the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"

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Bureau noun · 78% connection

an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tenn…

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Bureaucracy noun · 78% connection

any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape

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Civil adjective · 78% connection

of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state; "civil affairs"; "civil strife"; "civil disobedience"; "ci…

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Department noun · 78% connection

the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

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Federal agency noun · 78% connection

an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tenn…

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Governance noun · 78% connection

the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of gover…

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Governing noun · 78% connection

the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of gover…

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Government noun · 78% connection

the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of gover…

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Government activity noun · 78% connection

the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of gover…

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Government agency noun · 78% connection

an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tenn…

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Office noun · 78% connection

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Abigail noun · 78% connection

A lady's waiting-maid.

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Adjunct noun · 78% connection

A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.

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Allwork noun · 78% connection

Domestic or other work of all kinds; as, a maid of allwork, that is, a general servant.

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Antistrophe noun · 78% connection

The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master.

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Ayah noun · 78% connection

A native nurse for children; also, a lady's maid.

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Bondmaid noun · 78% connection

A female slave, or one bound to service without wages, as distinguished from a hired servant.

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Bonne noun · 78% connection

A female servant charged with the care of a young child.

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Cookmaid noun · 78% connection

A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists the cook.

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Dairymaid noun · 78% connection

A female servant whose business is the care of the dairy.

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Doe noun · 78% connection

A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female…

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Engineman noun · 78% connection

A man who manages, or waits on, an engine.

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Expectant noun · 78% connection

One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.

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Girl noun · 78% connection

A female servant; a maidservant.

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Hand noun · 78% connection

An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a…

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Henchman noun · 78% connection

An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.

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Intrust verb · 78% connection

To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to (another) something in trust; to commit or surrender (something) to another…

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Knight noun · 78% connection

A young servant or follower; a military attendant.

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Lander noun · 78% connection

A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.

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