maid-in-waiting
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of maid-in-waiting
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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They’re framing Queen Anne and her maid-in-waiting inside of that window, and her robe is sort of lifted up on the frame.
From Washington Post
Eurykleia retired to her quarters for the night, and then Eurynome, as maid-in-waiting, lighted her lord and lady to their chamber with bright brands.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Each maid-in-waiting is most fair— Note well the graces she unfurls— The winds have tossed her fluffy hair, And left it in a thousand curls.
From The Cornflower, and Other Poems by Blewett, Jean
Ye both mind that I was but a little lass when thy grandmother, the Lady Elizabeth Lennox, did take me to train as her maid-in-waiting.
From A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales by Rives, Amélie
One Thursday in the garden of Saint Cloud Marshal Duroc stood with a maid-in-waiting, Watching your Highness at his nurse's breast— Its whiteness, I remember, startled me.
From L'Aiglon by Rostand, Edmond
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