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maid-in-waiting

[meyd-in-wey-ting] / ˈmeɪd ɪnˈweɪ tɪŋ /


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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

Moreover, he had grown tired of Catherine and had fallen in love with Anne Boleyn, a pretty maid-in-waiting at the court.

From Early European History by Hutton Webster

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 Charles S. Bentley

On the way he meets a fair maid-in-waiting, and the relation between her and the traveler, developed here and later, is inspired directly by Yorick’s connection with the fair fille de chambre.

From Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century by Harvey W. (Harvey Waterman) Hewett-Thayer

One of Mary's maids-in-waiting had been taught by the same writing master as Mary, and as a result her handwriting was almost indistinguishable from Mary's.

From Time Magazine Archive

While the Queen was in conference with the King, as was necessary, about the traitors, the Greeks remained in the Queen's tent with her maids-in-waiting.

From Four Arthurian Romances by William Wistar Comfort

Thus we have those groups of pages, of maids-in-waiting, of shepherds, of deities, etc., which are so characteristic of Lyly's plays.

From John Lyly by John Dover Wilson

She had at least fifteen maids-in-waiting about her and had set up quite a court.

From Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer by Owen Rowe O'Neil

Kriemhild, the fair, went with her maids-in-waiting to where, false of mood, she greeted the Nibelungs.

From The Nibelungenlied by Daniel Bussier Shumway




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