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

Something or someone serving in a subordinate position; as, theology should be the handmaiden of ethics.

in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church"

a woman who is used as a tool for the leaders of the world in order to procreate

a fertile woman whose social function is bear children for the Wives