lady-in-waiting
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lady-in-waiting
- /ˌleɪdɪ ɪn ˈweɪtɪŋ/ UK
- /ˌleɪdi ɪn ˈweɪtɪŋ/ US
- [-ɾɪŋ] US
Rhymes with -eɪtɪŋ
Where it comes from
From lady + in + waiting (“attendance, service”). (Waiting in the sense of a waiter, not passing time.)
noun ladies-in-waiting
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A lady, often a noblewoman, in the household of a queen, princess, or other woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant, generally a role considered an honour.
[T]he electreſs [Sophia Charlotte of Hanover] was heard to ſay to one of her ladies in waiting, "that it vexed her to the very heart to go and act in Pruſſia the theatrical queen along with her Eſop.["]
Similar: court lady
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noun lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant
| Español | dama de compañía |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 女官, 采女 uneme |
| 中文 | 宮官 /宫官 gōngguān, 宮女 /宫女 gōngnǚ, 女官 nǚguān, 侍女 shìnǚ, 女侍臣 nǚshìchén, 采女 cǎinǚ |
| Português | dama de companhia, aia |
| Français | dame de compagnie, dame d'attendre, dame d'honneur, suivante |
| Deutsch | Hofdame, Ehrendame, Palastdame |
| Italiano | dama di compagnia |
| Română | doamnă de onoare |
| Русский | фре́йлина fréjlina, придворная дама pridvornaja dama |
| Tiếng Việt | cung quan, nữ quan, sĩ nữ |
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