Handmaiden

Quick meaning: Handmaiden is a noun meaning (derogatory) A cisgender woman who supports transgender rights.

Meaning

(derogatory) A cisgender woman who supports transgender rights.

More Meanings

1. Alternative form of handmaid.

Example Sentences

I have been called a handmaiden, a “pick me” girl, and been accused of vying for male attention.

Solidarity with trans people but not women[,] I note[,] Angela. Especially the boring ones who fought for rights that you now enjoy. Enjoy being a handmaiden.

Online and over Shabbat dinners, arguments about the election have grown bitter. Those grudgingly planning to vote for Labour have been called traitors to the community and self-hating Jews. Anti-Corbyn die-hards, on the other hand, have been branded the handmaidens of a hard Brexit.

The fact that it is not possible to be seen as a supporter of trans people's human rights, as all feminists are or at least should be, unless we fully capitulate and take the metaphorical – and sometimes literal – boot in the face shows how extreme trans activists, enabled by their handmaiden allies, are nothing but a misogynistic men’s rights movement.

Word Forms

• handmaidens

Synonyms for handmaiden

Depending on context, synonyms include servant, handmaid.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include handmaid, servant, handmaidenhood, housemaiden, maiden, womanservant.

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