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lady-in-waiting
noun as in attendant to woman of royal household
Strong match
Example Sentences
And the Princess’s new lady-in-waiting, Lady Clementine Cumberbatch, didn’t know where anything was.
She once gave an expensive watch to a lady-in-waiting who’d been late to an engagement — a not-so-subtle hint to be on time.
The book, which was written by Murasaki Shikibu, a lady-in-waiting in the emperor’s court, continuously centers female perspectives while ostensibly chronicling the escapades of a male hero.
The locals assume Elinor had been a lady-in-waiting, but she paid for this honor with her blood and courage during both world wars.
So, when Lady Susan Hussey, the late Queen Elizabeth II’s lady-in-waiting, asked a Black Englishwoman where she really came from, the query surely would cause discomfort, and it did.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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