lady-in-waiting

[ ley-dee-in-wey-ting ]

/ ˈleɪ di ɪnˈweɪ tɪŋ /

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noun, plural la·dies-in-wait·ing.

a lady who is in attendance upon a queen or princess.

Facetious. a woman who is pregnant: flattering fashions for the lady-in-waiting.

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Origin of lady-in-waiting

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby lady-in-waiting

Lady Day, lady fern, ladyfinger, ladyfish, ladyfy, lady-in-waiting, lady-killer, ladykin, ladylike, ladylove, Lady Luck

How to use lady-in-waiting in a sentence

I wonder what that lady is doing now, and if she knows what she set in motion with Archer?
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Lady Edith is so sad that her sadness nearly set the whole damned house on fire.
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This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
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Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
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Sol laughed out of his whiskers, with a big, loose-rolling sound, and sat on the porch without waiting to be asked.
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The lady in black was reading her morning devotions on the porch of a neighboring bathhouse.
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Grandmamma sits in her quaint arm-chair— Never was lady more sweet and fair!
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We all rose to our feet, and he shook hands with everybody without waiting to be introduced.
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At Felipe's cry, the women waiting in the hall hurried in, wailing aloud as their first glance showed them all was over.
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British Dictionary definitions for lady-in-waiting

lady-in-waiting

noun plural ladies-in-waiting

a lady of a royal household who attends a queen or princess

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