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Recent Examples of lady-in-waiting
This is honourable work for a lady-in-waiting to a queen, and the duty of a beloved sister-in-law.
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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
The Queen and her sister are known to be close, with Annabel serving as both a coronation attendant and a Queen's Companion, a more modern form of lady-in-waiting.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 14 May 2025
The highlight is a room housing exceptional creations including the court cloak with a sweeping train worn by Franca Florio, the wife of a Sicilian businessman and shipowner, when she was appointed lady-in-waiting to Italy’s Queen Elena in 1902.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 7 May 2025
Other fan-familiar characters include Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser (Jamie’s godfather and Brian’s cousin, played by Rory Alexander) and Mrs. Fitz (Ellen’s lady-in-waiting and Murtagh’s mother, played by Sally Messham).
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
But while many ladies-in-waiting suffered as their queens fell out of favor, Jane has the distinction of being the only one to lose her actual head.
—Eva Wolchover, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
The Lady Grace Mysteries tells the story of Lady Grace Cavendish, an orphan raised to be a lady-in-waiting at the royal court of Queen Elizabeth I, who becomes the world’s first female teenage detective.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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
The Queen and her sister are known to be close, with Annabel serving as both a coronation attendant and a Queen's Companion, a more modern form of lady-in-waiting.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 14 May 2025
The highlight is a room housing exceptional creations including the court cloak with a sweeping train worn by Franca Florio, the wife of a Sicilian businessman and shipowner, when she was appointed lady-in-waiting to Italy’s Queen Elena in 1902.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 7 May 2025
Other fan-familiar characters include Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser (Jamie’s godfather and Brian’s cousin, played by Rory Alexander) and Mrs. Fitz (Ellen’s lady-in-waiting and Murtagh’s mother, played by Sally Messham).
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
But while many ladies-in-waiting suffered as their queens fell out of favor, Jane has the distinction of being the only one to lose her actual head.
—Eva Wolchover, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
The Lady Grace Mysteries tells the story of Lady Grace Cavendish, an orphan raised to be a lady-in-waiting at the royal court of Queen Elizabeth I, who becomes the world’s first female teenage detective.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lady-in-waiting
Noun
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Prior soon learned that a job agency had sent the teenager, who couldn’t read, to seek employment at the house as a chambermaid.—
Jenna Deep,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Mar. 2025
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It’s based on the true story of a Jewish child in 1850s Italy who was secretly baptized by a chambermaid and then abducted by the papal police and raised Catholic.—
Peter Rainer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
12 Dec. 2024
Noun
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By the time Sam was born—in Florida, Missouri—the family’s enslaved property had dwindled to a single nursemaid, Jennie.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Second of all, these people here, everybody is like a nursemaid so to speak.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
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As Julia takes on the role of maidservant, Henry’s outlook is a bit different.—
Lincee Ray Published,
EW.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The 1990s Father Ted comedy for the BBC centered on three misfit priests and their housekeepers on a remote Irish island.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Sep. 2025
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The children's longtime nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, and housekeepers will likely stay in smaller properties nearby.—
Stephanie Petit,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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During the Cold War, the military-industrial complex was driven by corporations that operated as handmaidens to the state.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
28 July 2025
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That is Esther and her handmaiden in his painting, sure as life.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
19 July 2025
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“Lady-in-waiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lady-in-waiting. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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