maid-in-waiting

Example Sentences

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They’re framing Queen Anne and her maid-in-waiting inside of that window, and her robe is sort of lifted up on the frame.

From Washington Post

Eurykleia retired to her quarters for the night, and then Eurynome, as maid-in-waiting, lighted her lord and lady to their chamber with bright brands.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

This want was only partially supplied by the moral Court treatise, which was ostensibly written for the courtier and not the maid-in-waiting.

From John Lyly by Wilson, John Dover

Sweet Anne!" cried he, dropping upon his knee before the maid-in-waiting, "thou hast saved me from despair.

From The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts by Bentley, Charles S.

Each maid-in-waiting is most fair— Note well the graces she unfurls— The winds have tossed her fluffy hair, And left it in a thousand curls.

From The Cornflower, and Other Poems by Blewett, Jean