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wait·ing gen·tle·wom·an

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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Waiting gentlewoman, Waiting maid, Waiting womannoun

    An upper servant, who attends on a lady in her chamber.

    Etymology: from wait.

    He made me mad,
    To talk so like a waiting-gentlewoman,
    Of guns, and drums, and wounds. William Shakespeare, Hen. IV.

    Flibbertigibbet, prince of mopping and mowing, since possesses chamber-maids and waiting-women. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

    The waiting-woman might be conversant in romances. Jonathan Swift.

    The waiting-maid hopes to ingratiate herself. Jonathan Swift.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of waiting gentlewoman in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of waiting gentlewoman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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