Servant with first husband at the front (10)

I believe the answer is:

handmaiden

'servant' is the definition.
(I know that servant can be written as handmaiden)

'with first husband at the front' is the wordplay.
'with' becomes 'and'.
'first' becomes 'maiden' (as in a maiden voyage).
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'at the front' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'and'+'maiden'='andmaiden'
'andmaiden' after 'h' is 'HANDMAIDEN'.

(Another definition for handmaiden that I've seen is " Female servant".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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