Definitions for maid-in-waiting
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
maid′-in-wait′ing(n.)(pl.)maids-in-wait•ing.
an unmarried woman who serves as an attendant to a queen or princess.
Origin of maid-in-waiting:
1950–55
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