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Noun
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After police arrived, the family’s breathless au pair shared a harrowing story with them outside in the driveway.—
Dateline NBC,
NBC news,
8 Apr. 2026 -
One section of the upper level includes a separate living area with its own entrance — an arrangement that could easily function as an in-law or au pair suite.—
Miriam Schwartz,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Hussey was a lady-in-waiting to the late Queen Elizabeth and is a godmother to Prince William.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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Shân, as she was known, died in December at age 82 and had previously served as a lady-in-waiting to the Princess Royal.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Being a chambermaid also included grueling daily tasks such as maintaining fires, emptying chamber pots and scrubbing floors.—
Timothy Welbeck,
Fortune,
12 Feb. 2026
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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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The child is five, the youngest of a large, well-to-do family and the only daughter: doted upon by her mother and her nursemaid, exquisitely dressed in tiny silk dresses patterned after those worn by Queen Victoria’s children.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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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
Noun
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Anti-theft travel pouch that’s simple yet functional Flight attendant CiCi in the Sky is all about efficiency and this RFID-blocking money belt is part of her system.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
9 May 2026
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The son of Italian nobles, Baldassare Castiglione’s main claim to fame was writing a book of etiquette based on his experience as a courtier, a person who serves as an attendant to a king, queen, or other member of a royal family.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
Noun
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On the former, hotel owners can use the tool to upsell early check-ins or extended departures, while mobile-enabled digital tipping has led to an average tip of close to $10 for housekeepers.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Hotel housekeepers and cruise-cabin attendants are experts at creating spaces that feel polished and instantly put together, often by focusing on just one high-impact detail.—
Colleen Sullivan,
Martha Stewart,
2 May 2026
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Curators pop up in famous artists’ biographies all the time, usually as handmaidens to the creator’s genius, opening a door to a gallery here or supporting a grant application there.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
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The common foe of all is expansionist Iran and its handmaidens Hamas and Hezbollah.—
Josef Joffe,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
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