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ladies-in-waiting

ladies-in-waiting is the plural of lady-in-waiting.

Meaning of lady-in-waiting

Noun

lady-in-waiting (plural ladies-in-waiting)

  1. A lady, often a noblewoman, in the household of a queen, princess, or other woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant, generally a role considered an honour.
    • [T]he electreſs [Sophia Charlotte of Hanover] was heard to ſay to one of her ladies in waiting, "that it vexed her to the very heart to go and act in Pruſſia the theatrical queen along with her Eſop.["]1751, [Frederick the Great], “Frederick III. the First King of Prussia”, in Memoirs of the House of Brandenburg. From the Earliest Accounts, to the Death of Frederick I. King of Prussia. […], Dublin...
    Synonyms:
    court lady

Questions about ladies-in-waiting

What is ladies-in-waiting the plural of?
Ladies-in-waiting is the plural of lady-in-waiting.

Words near ladies-in-waiting in the dictionary

  1. ladies' special
  2. ladies' specials
  3. ladies' thimbles
  4. ladies' tobacco
  5. ladies' tresses
  6. ladies-in-waiting
  7. Ladiesburg
  8. ladieswear
  9. ladified
  10. ladifies
  11. ladify

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