ladies-in-waiting

noun

plural of lady-in-waiting
as in chambermaids

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  1. nursemaids
  2. attendants
  3. handmaidens
  4. housekeepers
Noun
  • Providing relief and contrast are the sisters, daughters, mothers, wives, mistresses, and nursemaids, all of whom also have views on ideal social order.
    — Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
Definition of nursemaids
Noun
  • Once Walsh and Colton recited their vows and were officially declared husband and wife, their attendants sent a parachute announcing the news to the people on the ground.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Brian Avery, a legal and risk professor at the University of Florida, said investigators will look at video footage, maintenance logs and statements from witnesses and ride attendants.
    — Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of attendants
Noun
  • There was a procession to the church of white clad handmaidens (tärnor), star boys (stjärngossar) and gingerbread men (pepparkaksgubbar) with candle wreaths on the maidens’ heads – now battery powered rather than actual flames.
    — Natasha Langan, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Did Penelope, Helen of Troy, Athena, Calypso, and the rest of the Greek gals and goddesses deserve to be more epic than the attractive but flattened handmaidens even IMAX couldn’t enhance?
    — Lisa Henricksson, Air Mail, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of handmaidens
Noun
  • In a testament to its authenticity, one of the hotel’s housekeepers trashed part of the installation.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Everyone from the front-desk employees to the housekeepers to the yoga instructors were helpful and attentive.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of housekeepers
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