lady-in-waiting
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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.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2023
Widely considered the world’s first novel, Genji was composed in the eleventh century by Murasaki Shikibu, a noblewoman and lady-in-waiting in the Heian Court.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
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.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Hussey was the queen’s longest-serving lady-in-waiting and quite possibly her favorite, given that she held the title of “Woman of the Bedchamber,” which effectively means she was the queen’s right-hand woman.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022
I had been my father’s rowdy daughter, then the queen’s favored lady-in-waiting.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
The silk dresses along the walls are like ghostly ladies-in-waiting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Some of Charlotte’s ladies-in-waiting even complained to the king about their punishing working conditions.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2023
They will carry out some of the tasks that the late Queen's ladies-in-waiting performed, such as supporting her at public engagements.
From BBC ● May 3, 2023
I read all her books, all her poems, all her diaries as well as the diaries of her daughter and her ladies-in-waiting to really get as close as I can to anything like the reality.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2023
“Your prioress is like a queen, the fountain of all goodness. All the sisters are her ladies-in-waiting, happy to live under her benevolent rule. There is a hierarchy, with servants in the lowest place.”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
