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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.
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Dec. 2025
Fox reclaims the notorious lady-in-waiting from centuries of scandal, revealing a sharp-witted, politically savvy woman caught in the tyrannical court of Henry VIII.
—Phillipa Gregory, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 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
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
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
Katharine spent years languishing as a lady-in-waiting to a lady-in-waiting.
—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
Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Dec. 2025
Fox reclaims the notorious lady-in-waiting from centuries of scandal, revealing a sharp-witted, politically savvy woman caught in the tyrannical court of Henry VIII.
—Phillipa Gregory, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 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
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
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
Katharine spent years languishing as a lady-in-waiting to a lady-in-waiting.
—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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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
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Cleese wrote the series with co-star and then-wife Connie Booth, who played chambermaid Polly.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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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The service From the servers in the fine dining restaurants to the folks operating the waterpark rides, from the attendants in the poolside cabanas to the housekeepers, the service is consistently professional but with oodles of gregarious Bahamian warmth.—
Jesse Ashlock,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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King also said in recent years the hospital doubled the number of housekeepers per shift in its emergency department, and also increased the number of its emergency department transporters by 2%.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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 18 Jan. 2026.
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