Servant (Gen. 16:1; Ruth 3:9; Luke 1:48). It is probable that Hagar was Sarah's personal attendant while she was in the house of Pharaoh, and was among those maid-servants whom Abram had brought from Egypt.
·noun ·Alt. of <<Handmaiden>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An old denomination for a tender; thus, in Drake's expedition to Cadiz, two of Her Majesty's pinnace...
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