maid of honour
US and Canadian the principal unmarried attendant of a bride: Compare bridesmaid, matron of honour
British a small tart with an almond-flavoured filling
an unmarried lady attending a queen or princess
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How to use maid of honour in a sentence
Then it was that the something came into her eyes which the maid-of-honour had described as the appearance of one seeing ghosts.
The Tempering | Charles Neville BuckThat Charles was more infatuated even with the wife than with the maid-of-honour is incontestable.
Love Romances of the Aristocracy | Thornton HallWill it please you that I call your maid-of-honour, or summon the gentleman outside?
Limbo and Other Essays | Vernon LeeThe lady in question was Mary Brydges, a maid-of-honour and celebrated beauty.
Shakespeare in the Theatre | William PoelHester stood for some time in her maid-of-honour attitude and contemplated the conversation.
Hester, Volume 2 (of 3) | Margaret Oliphant
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