lord-in-waiting

American  

[lawrd-in-way-ting] / ˈlɔrd ɪnˈweɪ tɪŋ /

noun

• lords-in-waiting
  plural

1. a nobleman in attendance on a British monarch or the Prince of Wales.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• lords-in-waiting
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of lord-in-waiting

First recorded in 1855–60

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Example Sentences

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lord-in-waiting lords-in-waiting

Six or seven persons entered at a time; those who had been introduced before merely gave their cards to the lord-in-waiting, made their bow, and passed on.

From Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 by Louis Loewe

And he nearly choked himself with laughing, and she with rage; when, with a low bow, and dressed in his Court habit, Count Gambabella, the first lord-in-waiting, entered and said, 'Royal Highnesses!

From The Rose and the Ring by William Makepeace Thackeray

Starting with every personal and social advantage, Lord Dufferin quickly became a favourite both at Court and in London society; and in 1849 he was made a lord-in-waiting.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

We find him no longer "précepteur," but "gentilhomme de M. le Duc,"—no longer, that is, a mere scholastic drudge, but a sort of lord-in-waiting.

From Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France by Edmund Gosse

Two small silver bars across his left shoulder showed that he was a lord-in-waiting.

From After London Or, Wild England by Richard Jefferies

Fifteen Spanish grandees take turns coming over from Spain to act as his lords-in-waiting, two career diplomats serve as his ministers, and a 42-man Privy Council advises him on affairs of state.

From Time Magazine Archive

The good folk have to maintain many worse parasites than me!—By the way, talking of parasites, is it true that you have pensioned off all your lords-in-waiting and their hangers-on?

From Three Dramas by R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson) Sharp

He reins in his white horse, and cranes over in his red cloak, the young parti-coloured lords-in-waiting pressing forwards to see her, but only as much as politeness warrants.

From Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion by Vernon Lee

Howel gave some orders in a very commanding tone to the various lords-in-waiting, and then the door closed upon their majesties, and the admiring crowds saw them no more.

From Gladys, the Reaper by Anne Beale

So all the lords-in-waiting and the ladies-in-waiting had to be very careful and discreet.

From The Sleeping Beauty by Arthur Rackham

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