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maids of honour
n. (maid of honour English)
Usage examples of "maids of honour".
From the chatter of the maids of honour she had discovered that he was poor, that all that he possessed were a few barren acres in the north and the one thousand pounds a year which was the salary of one of Charles's Gentlemen of the Bedchamber-and which was rarely paid, the king being so poverty-stricken.