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Recent Examples of lady-in-waiting
Lady Pamela Hicks, a lady-in-waiting and bridesmaid of Queen Elizabeth, has died.
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Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 June 2026
Ruby, played by Vivica A. Fox, is a bedridden queen, mummified in compression wraps, immobile except for the lips, and attended to by nurses wearing gold door-knocker earrings, as if ladies-in-waiting, who file her talon nails and braid the ropes of her wig.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Hussey was a lady-in-waiting to the late Queen Elizabeth and is a godmother to Prince William.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
With Lady Danbury now serving a singular role as Queen Charlotte’s bestie, Brownell says that the requests that the royal usually asked of her pal will be instead passed on to her newest lady-in-waiting, Alice Mondrich (Emma Naomi).
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
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
Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 June 2026
Ruby, played by Vivica A. Fox, is a bedridden queen, mummified in compression wraps, immobile except for the lips, and attended to by nurses wearing gold door-knocker earrings, as if ladies-in-waiting, who file her talon nails and braid the ropes of her wig.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Hussey was a lady-in-waiting to the late Queen Elizabeth and is a godmother to Prince William.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
With Lady Danbury now serving a singular role as Queen Charlotte’s bestie, Brownell says that the requests that the royal usually asked of her pal will be instead passed on to her newest lady-in-waiting, Alice Mondrich (Emma Naomi).
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lady-in-waiting
Noun
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Prior to her escape, Judge served as a chambermaid in the President’s House.—
Timothy Welbeck,
The Conversation,
20 May 2026
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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
Noun
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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
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Anna has come East to meet her estranged father, the Swedish bargeman Chris (Brian d’Arcy James), who believes Anna’s been earning money as a nursemaid.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The enterprising maidservant followed him into a shop.—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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In Dish Jockey, an etching from 1993, a harried woman in a bandanna (shades of Rosie the Riveter) scrubs dishes while an ensemble of Tinkerbell-like housekeepers complete other chores nearby.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Carmen Lauber, the Richins' housekeeper, is questioned by investigators.—
Natalie Morales,
CBS News,
24 May 2026
Noun
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Brush in hand, she is dwarfed by huge canvases within the paintings on which bare-breasted figures are in the process of emerging—a waiflike handmaiden hard at work at the feet of her American Helens of Troy.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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The common foe of all is expansionist Iran and its handmaidens Hamas and Hezbollah.—
Josef Joffe,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Lady-in-waiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lady-in-waiting. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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