Noun
a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess
Source: WordNetlady in waiting
After World War I, when Queen Mary wished to follow fashion by raising her skirts a few inches from the ground, she requested a lady-in-waiting to shorten her own skirt first to gauge the king's reaction. Source: Internet
Lea Seydoux, 35, starred in Bond film Spectre and was nominated for the César Award for Best Actress for her role as a lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoinette in the film Farewell, My Queen (2012). Source: Internet
Kana calligraphy was even used to write the 11th century epic tale “The Tale of Genji,” which is often called the as it was one of the first major examples of long-form fiction,and was authored by a woman — lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu. Source: Internet
Lady Glenconner, former lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret, was speaking in the wake of stepping back from royal duties over the Epstein sex scandal and and Meghan leaving the UK for Los Angeles. Source: Internet
However, he never planned that Henry would marry Anne Boleyn, with whom the king had become enamoured while she was lady-in-waiting in Queen Catherine's household. Source: Internet
In the 1860s Alexander fell madly in love with his mother's lady-in-waiting, Princess Maria Elimovna Meshcherskaya. Source: Internet