ˈwaiting-ˌmaid
[waiting ppl. a.]
A superior female servant in personal attendance on a lady.
| 1561 T. Norton Calvin's Inst. ii. iii. §7. 20 b, Will dothe accompanie it [sc. Grace] and not leade it, as a waytinge maide after it & not a forgoer. a 1623 Fletcher Love's Cure ii. ii, A Ribbon or a Glove. Cla. Nay those are tokens for a waiting-maid To trim the Butler with. 1741 Richardson Pamela II. 59 Here is Mr. B―, with such and such an Estate, has married his Mother's Waiting-maid. 1875 W. S. Hayward Love agst. World 76 ‘Milady is very generous,’ said the waiting-maid. |