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Handmaiden
A handmaiden (or handmaid) is a female assistant (or slave) that waits at hand as a servant or attendant. Typically, queens and princesses of old would have a handmaiden - they also feature in fiction, particularly fantasy and science fiction (such as the The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Doctor Who), and mythology - Norse goddesses (such as Frigga) frequently had handmaidens, as did Biblical characters such as Leah, and Mary.
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