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lord-in-waiting
[ lawrd-in-wey-ting ]
noun
, plural lords-in-wait·ing.
- a nobleman in attendance on a British monarch or the Prince of Wales.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lord-in-waiting1
First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences
What should I have known or written had I been a quiet mercantile politician or a lord-in-waiting?
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Two small silver bars across his left shoulder showed that he was a lord-in-waiting.
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I really would rather be porter to the House than a lord-in-waiting.
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At dinner, the first Lord-in-waiting took the head of the table; opposite to him, the chief Equerry-in-waiting.
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The card on which her name is inscribed is then handed to another lord-in-waiting, who reads the name aloud.
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