maids-in-waiting
- plural of maid-in-waiting.
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 Comfort, William Wistar
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 Wilson, John Dover
The pages are still present, but they are balanced by a group of Sapho's maids-in-waiting who discuss the subject of love upon the stage with great frankness and charm.
From John Lyly by Wilson, John Dover
In the antechamber the pages gossiped with the maids-in-waiting as they ate a splendid tea.
From Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
