maid-in-waiting
noun
an unmarried woman who serves as an attendant to a queen or princess; lady-in-waiting.
maids-in-waiting
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pluralof maid-in-waiting.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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One of Mary's maids-in-waiting had been taught by the same writing master as Mary, and as a result her handwriting was almost indistinguishable from Mary's.
From Time Magazine Archive
While the Queen was in conference with the King, as was necessary, about the traitors, the Greeks remained in the Queen's tent with her maids-in-waiting.
From Four Arthurian Romances by William Wistar Comfort
Near her there slept two maids-in-waiting, both very pretty, one on either side of the doorway, which was closed with a beautifully made door.
From The Humour of Homer and Other Essays by R. A. (Richard Alexander) Streatfeild
Then a few years later he married one of Queen Philippa's maids-in-waiting.
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth) Marshall
Owing to the former it became erudite, polished, precise, meet indeed for the "parleyings" of courtiers and maids-in-waiting; but it was to the latter that it owed its essentials.
From John Lyly by John Dover Wilson
