The Collaborative International Dictionary
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’.