MAID-IN-WAITING Synonyms: 22 Similar Words

maid-in-waiting

noun

Definition of maid-in-waiting

as in au pair

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Noun

Its third level can be used for storage or could be converted into living space, perhaps for an au pair.

— James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026
The song was introduced to Ada by her family’s au pair Weronika Gron, a 26-year-old Poland native who provides live-in childcare to the LaPoten family through the cultural exchange program.

— Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of au pair

Noun

In a grand painting of her animal retinue now simply known as The Woman with Dogs, thirty of Isabella’s dogs feature alongside her pet birds, pet monkeys, and the titular lady-in-waiting.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
The Earl of Nithsdale broke out of the Tower of London by dressing as a lady-in-waiting and slipping past the guards.

— Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of lady-in-waiting

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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

Noun

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

Noun

The union bargains with the Chicago Parking Association, which represents the more than a dozen private parking companies that employ the parking garage attendants, porters and customer service representatives represented by Local 727.

— Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
Employees on strike included housekeepers, cooks, servers, bartenders, slot attendants and warehouse workers who are seeking higher pay, better benefits and workplace protections.

— State House News Service, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of attendant

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Jenner was first sued by former members of her staff in April, when another former housekeeper, Angelica Hernandez Vasquez, alleged she was discriminated against.

— Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2026
Her father was a saxophonist during the big-band era and her mother was a housekeeper.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of housekeeper

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 handmaiden

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