lady's maid

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Dolly's life now moved on amid ease and comfort; she had her own attendant, who was partly a lady's-maid, partly a nurse; she had her own phaeton, and, when in New York, her own coup�.

From Horace Chase by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

For, to let out a little secret, the French lady’s-maid was not the only feminine at Llangorren Court who had cast admiring eyes on the handsome boatman who came there rowing Captain Ryecroft.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne

"You make such a charming lady's-maid that I require no other," she laughed.

From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie

Again the lady's-maid was not to be denied.

From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Marsh, Richard

I like a lady's-maid myself at times, and my own Maria took up the rôle as one to the manner born when she and I were visiting "the quality" together.

From Thirty Years in Australia by Cambridge, Ada