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
Dinah," said Zoe, to a maid-in-waiting, "show Miss Deane to the room she occupied on her last visit.
From Elsie's Kith and Kin by Finley, Martha
One Thursday in the garden of Saint Cloud Marshal Duroc stood with a maid-in-waiting, Watching your Highness at his nurse's breast— Its whiteness, I remember, startled me.
From L'Aiglon by Rostand, Edmond
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
