maid-in-waiting
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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
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 Hewett-Thayer, Harvey W. (Harvey Waterman)
One Thursday in the garden of Saint Cloud Marshal Duroc stood with a maid-in-waiting, Watching your Highness at his nurse's breast— Its whiteness, I remember, startled me.
From L'Aiglon by Rostand, Edmond
Ye both mind that I was but a little lass when thy grandmother, the Lady Elizabeth Lennox, did take me to train as her maid-in-waiting.
From A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales by Rives, Amélie
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 Comfort, William Wistar
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 O'Neil, Owen Rowe
Kriemhild, the fair, went with her maids-in-waiting to where, false of mood, she greeted the Nibelungs.
From The Nibelungenlied by Shumway, Daniel Bussier
Near her there slept two maids-in-waiting, both very pretty, one on either side of the doorway, which was closed with a beautifully made door.
From The Humour of Homer and Other Essays by Streatfeild, R. A. (Richard Alexander)
