[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.["]
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Lady-in-waiting
//ˌleɪdɪ ɪn ˈweɪtɪŋ//
Synonyms for "lady-in-waiting" (19 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (6)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (9)
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3 entriesTranslations
57 translations across 33 languages.
Breton
3 entries- dimezell a enor noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
- dimezell a heul noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
- plac'h-enor noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Bulgarian
1 entries- придворна дама noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Catalan
1 entries- dama de companyia noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 侍女 noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
- 女侍臣 noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
- 女官 noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
- 宮女 /宫女 noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Czech
1 entries- dvorní dáma noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Danish
1 entries- hofdame noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Dutch
1 entries- hofdame noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Estonian
3 entries- hoovidaam noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
- õuedaam noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
- õukonnadaam noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Finnish
4 entries- hovinainen noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
- kamarineiti noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
- kamarineiti noun (woman who is a maid or servant to a lady)
- kamarineito noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
French
4 entries- dame d'attendre noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
- dame d'honneur noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
- dame de compagnie noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
- suivante noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Georgian
1 entries- ფრეილინა noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
German
3 entries- Ehrendame noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
- Hofdame noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
- Palastdame noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Hungarian
1 entries- udvarhölgy noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Irish
1 entries- bean choimhdeachta noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Italian
1 entries- dama di compagnia noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Japanese
3 entries- 侍女 noun (woman who is a maid or servant to a lady)
- 女官 noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
- 采女 noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Khmer
1 entries- ស្រីស្នំ noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Lithuanian
1 entries- hofdama noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hoffdame noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- hoffdame noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Persian
1 entries- ندیمه noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Polish
1 entries- dama dworu noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Portuguese
2 entries- aia noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
- dama de companhia noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Romanian
1 entries- doamnă de onoare noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Russian
2 entries- придворная дама noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
- фре́йлина noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Slovak
1 entries- dvorná dáma noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Spanish
1 entries- dama de compañía noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Swedish
1 entries- hovdam noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Tagalog
1 entries- dáma noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Thai
1 entries- นางสนองพระโอษฐ์ noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Turkish
1 entries- nedime noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Ukrainian
1 entries- фре́йліна noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Vietnamese
3 entries- cung quan noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
- nữ quan noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
- sĩ nữ noun (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
This night, after eleven o'clock, as the royal family were returning from Drury-lane theatre, when the carriages had reached the end of John-street, Pall Mall, a stone was flung with such force as to break one of the glass pannels in the coach, in which were their majesties and the lady in waiting; which, after striking the queen on the cheek, fell into lady Harrington's lap.
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Of a sudden a man leapt up to the top of the wall from the other side, and then, hanging for a moment, dropped lightly upon the grass within. All the ladies-in-waiting shrieked at the suddenness of his coming, but the man ran to the Queen and kneeled at her feet, and she saw it was Robin Hood.
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The political influence wielded by many of the court ladies, and especially by the first lady-in-waiting (mother of the present Emperor), bears a certain resemblance to that which the eunuchs wielded under the later Manchus at the court of Peking. [...] And behind the 30 ladies-in-waiting there are the rank and file of female palace attendants, some 300, all of Kyoto stock—quite sufficient to keep any conscientious chamberlain on the qui vive.
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