maid-in-waiting

noun

Definition of maid-in-waitingnext
as in au pair

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  1. au pair
  2. lady-in-waiting
  3. chambermaid
  4. nursemaid
  5. attendant
  6. housekeeper
  7. handmaiden
Noun
  • The Trial of Louise Woodward will dramatize the story of Woodward, an 18-year-old British au pair who in 1997 was accused of shaking to death a baby who was left in her care by her host family in Massachusetts.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
  • 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
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
Noun
  • 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
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  • 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
  • But the attorneys said there were no infractions for the attendants to act on.
    — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Brian Thure fraudulently hired personal service workers through Taylor Farms, including a personal chef, personal driver, handyman, personal trainer, aquarium and maintenance attendant, the lawsuit alleges.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of attendant
Noun
  • The actor said a housekeeper told his family that ‘God spoke to’ her about his trajectory.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The former California governor also shares youngest son Joseph Baena, 28, with former housekeeper Mildred Patricia Baena.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of housekeeper
Noun
  • 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
  • Her handmaiden points out that a sword contradicts her message of peace and suggests instead a chain.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of handmaiden
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