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waiting maids

waiting maids is the plural of waiting maid.

Meaning of waiting maid

Noun

waiting maid (plural waiting maids)

  1. (historical) A lady's female servant.
    • As she was sometimes obliged to be alone, or only with her French waiting-maid, she sent to the metropolis for all the new publications […].1788, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary: A Fiction
    Synonyms:
    maid-in-waiting

Questions about waiting maids

What is waiting maids the plural of?
Waiting maids is the plural of waiting maid.

Words near waiting maids in the dictionary

  1. waiting games
  2. waiting in the wings
  3. waiting list
  4. waiting lists
  5. waiting maid
  6. waiting maids
  7. waiting mode
  8. waiting modes
  9. waiting move
  10. waiting moves
  11. waiting on

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