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Definition of handmaiden. 1  1 : a personal maid or female servant. 2  2 : something whose essential function is to serve or assist criticism is not the enemy of art but rather its handmaiden â Gary Michael.
The Handmaid's Tale. It is the world of the near future, and Offred is a Handmaid in the home of the Commander and his wife. She is allowed out once a day to the food market, she is not permitted to read, and she is hoping the Commander makes her pregnant, because she is only valued if her ovaries are viable. Paperback.