lady-in-waiting

noun

Definition of lady-in-waitingnext
as in chambermaid

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Recent Examples of lady-in-waiting Born Lady Anne Coke, Glenconner served as a maid of honor at Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in 1953, and as lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret for more than 30 years. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Dec. 2025 This is honourable work for a lady-in-waiting to a queen, and the duty of a beloved sister-in-law. — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025 Her lady-in-waiting’s husband, Lord Colin Tennant, spent vast amounts of his fortune on transforming Mustique, a tiny island in the Caribbean, into a party resort for the rich and famous. — Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025 Katharine spent years languishing as a lady-in-waiting to a lady-in-waiting. — Eva Wolchover, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lady-in-waiting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lady-in-waiting
  1. chambermaid
  2. nursemaid
  3. maidservant
  4. housekeeper
  5. handmaiden
Noun
  • Being a chambermaid also included grueling daily tasks such as maintaining fires, emptying chamber pots and scrubbing floors.
    — Timothy Welbeck, The Conversation, 20 May 2026
  • In 1911, a gas explosion in that room caused major damage to the hotel and severely injured a chambermaid, according to the Estes Park Trail Gazette.
    — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Definition of chambermaid
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  • Opposite Assante and Scacchi, who plays Odysseus’ wife, Penelope, Hollywood royalty Isabella Rossellini and Geraldine Chaplin deliver scene-stealing performances as Athena and the nursemaid Eurycleia.
    — Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
  • Taking with her only Fanny and a nursemaid, Wollstonecraft travelled to Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and during her travels, wrote dozens of letters to Imlay in which the infant Fanny might occasionally be glimpsed.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 June 2026
Definition of nursemaid
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  • The enterprising maidservant followed him into a shop.
    — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Julia, who was already pregnant with her and Henry’s second child, is forced to work as a maidservant for the reprehensible Lord Lovat (Tony Curran), who happens to be the father of Brian.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Definition of maidservant
Noun
  • Born in Mexico to a left-wing Catalan family, Adela’s spiritual and intellectual formation came from her grandparents, while her emotional nourishment was the realm of the housekeeper/nanny Paula (Teresita Sánchez).
    — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The father put his daughter to bed and told his housekeeper he would be gone for a while.
    — Matthew Herper, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of housekeeper
Noun
  • 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
  • Her handmaiden points out that a sword contradicts her message of peace and suggests instead a chain.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of handmaiden

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