Hyphenation of handmaids

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word handmaids? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

hand-maids

Definitions of handmaids:

1.	In a subordinate position Theology should be the handmaiden of ethics The state cannot be a servant of the church
2.	A personal maid or female attendant

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.