Synonyms for lady-in-waiting

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ley-dee-in-wey-ting

Phonetic Transcription : ˈleɪ di ɪnˈweɪ tɪŋ

Définition of lady-in-waiting

noun attendant to woman of royal household

Example sentences :

When he had gone she turned in alarm and whispered with her lady-in-waiting.
Extract from : « The Minister of Evil » by William Le Queux

"Old woman, you are exceedingly ill-bred," cried a lady-in-waiting.
Extract from : « The Little Lame Prince » by Dinah Maria Mulock

And even swore—in a polite, lady-in-waiting fashion, to be sure—to get even.
Extract from : « Long Live the King » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Since then I've been a sort of lady-in-waiting—and now I'm nothing at all.
Extract from : « In Brief Authority » by F. Anstey

Miss Molyneux—as if he had been Royalty—stood like a lady-in-waiting.
Extract from : « The Portrait of a Lady » by Henry James

I have the right to dismiss my lady-in-waiting if I think fit.
Extract from : « A German Pompadour » by Marie Hay

Lady-in-waiting to Queen Maria Amelia, to whom she was most devoted.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835 » by Dorothy Duchesse de Dino

There was a gulf not easy to bridge between a lady-in-waiting and an Archduchess.
Extract from : « The Mercenary » by W. J. Eccott

But he said that the letter which had been seized by my "lady-in-waiting" was not what I imagined it to be.
Extract from : « My Own Affairs » by Louise, Princess of Belgium

She is lady-in-waiting to the Queen, and a very charming person.
Extract from : « Polly the Pagan » by Isabel Anderson

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