maid-in-waiting

[ meyd-in-wey-ting ]
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noun,plural maids-in-wait·ing.
  1. an unmarried woman who serves as an attendant to a queen or princess; lady-in-waiting.

Origin of maid-in-waiting

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First recorded in 1950–55

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How to use maid-in-waiting in a sentence

  • She is but a child and a-knoweth nothing—you can make them her maids-in-waiting, that will please her.

    The Serf | Guy Thorne
  • In the antechamber the pages gossiped with the maids-in-waiting as they ate a splendid tea.

  • Well wist he what he would there; / so bade he thence be gone Ladies and maids-in-waiting.

  • She had at least fifteen maids-in-waiting about her and had set up quite a court.

    Adventures in Swaziland | Owen Rowe O'Neil