lady-in-waiting
noun/ˌleɪdɪ ɪn ˈweɪtɪŋ/UK/ˌleɪdi ɪn ˈweɪtɪŋ/US
Etymology
From lady + in + waiting (“attendance, service”). (Waiting in the sense of a waiter, not passing time.)
Definitions
A lady, often a noblewoman, in the household of a queen, princess, or other woman of…
A lady, often a noblewoman, in the household of a queen, princess, or other woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant, generally a role considered an honour.
- [T]he electreſs [Sophia Charlotte of Hanover] was heard to ſay to one of her ladies in waiting, "that it vexed her to the very heart to go and act in Pruſſia the theatrical queen along with her Eſop.["]
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