lady of the bedchamber
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You shall be lady of the bedchamber; and I will announce your appointment with all due formality to the king, the court, and my own household.
From Prince Eugene and His Times by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
"Only that you would speak to my Lord Carteret to get me made lady of the bedchamber to the Queen of Hungary."
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Cunningham, Peter
It is no trifling matter to be first lady of the bedchamber at the birth of a crown prince.
From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold
Let the first lady of the bedchamber say it's superstition--it's true, for all.
From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold
"Please your majesty," answered a lady of the bedchamber, "it signifies that her imperial majesty, the reigning empress, has returned from her walk in the palace gardens."
From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
