handmaid

hand·maid  (hndmd) also hand·maid·en (-mdn)

n.

1. A woman attendant or servant.

2. often handmaiden Something that accompanies or is attendant on another: "the traditional notion that government was the handmaiden of business" (Doris Kearns Goodwin).

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	handmaid - in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church" handmaiden, servant subordinateness, subsidiarity - secondary importance
	2.	handmaid - a personal maid or female attendant handmaiden housemaid, maid, maidservant, amah - a female domestic

Translations

handmaid handmaiden [ˈhændmeɪd(ən)] N (Hist) → criada f; (= queen's servant) → azafata f