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Waiting maid

Waiting \Wait"ing\, a. & n. from Wait, v.

In waiting, in attendance; as, lords in waiting. [Eng.]

Waiting gentlewoman, a woman who waits upon a person of rank.

Waiting maid, Waiting woman, a maid or woman who waits upon another as a personal servant.

Usage examples of "waiting maid".

Also, the room into which the waiting maid ushered me had no enwrapment of tapestry about its walls.

Being in, he extracted a plain calling-card from his pocketbook with twitching fingers and handed it to the waiting maid.

Iridescent bubbles of dank subterranean breath rose from the sweating sod beside the waiting maid’.