MAID-IN-WAITING Synonyms: 22 Similar Words

maid-in-waiting

noun

Definition of maid-in-waiting

as in au pair

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But the space could easily be transformed into a media room, a fitness area or an au pair/in-law suite.

— Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026
Leo confides in the shark to process a confusing world until the spirited and bubbly au pair Anya (Bakalova) bursts into their lives.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026

Definition of au pair

Noun

Her grandmother Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy, was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and her brother-in-law Lord Robert Fellowes worked in the royal household, eventually rising to the role of Queen Elizabeth's private secretary.

— Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
Lady Pamela Hicks, a lady-in-waiting and bridesmaid of Queen Elizabeth, has died.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 June 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

Other tournaments have full-service coffee stations with an attendant, and some players said 3M’s offerings weren’t up to that quality.

— Anya Armentrout, Twin Cities, 25 July 2026
The horses, the Council was told, have stable attendants watching over them around the clock, and immediate access to a veterinarian 24 hours a day.

— Marianne Pizzitola, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026

Definition of attendant

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The singer’s guilty plea comes weeks after he was ordered to pay nearly $13 million in damages to his former housekeeper after a dog attack at his home in 2020.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026
The film is about a former housekeeper named Marie who, while preparing to celebrate her engagement to the patriarch of the house, is haunted by secrets of her past.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 23 July 2026

Definition of housekeeper

Noun

Her handmaiden points out that a sword contradicts her message of peace and suggests instead a chain.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
The handmaids’ crimson robes evolved into protest iconography around the world because the story captured fears about authoritarianism and gender more viscerally than overt political messaging ever could.

— Marc Adelman, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026

Definition of handmaiden

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