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

Each maid-in-waiting is most fair— Note well the graces she unfurls— The winds have tossed her fluffy hair, And left it in a thousand curls.

From The Cornflower, and Other Poems by Blewett, Jean

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

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 Webster, Hutton