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ˈwaiting-ˌman
[waiting ppl. a.]
A male servant who waits or attends upon his employer or on an official. Obs. exc. U.S.
1518Star Chamber Cases (Selden Soc.) II. 155 Concernyng the waytyngmen, it is thought that the same fees cannot be mynysshid. 1552Huloet, Waytyng man, assecla. 1585Higins Junius' Nomencl. 518/2 Anteambulo,..a waiting man, or he that goeth before his maister and mistresse, or conducteth them. 1776Pennsylv. Even. Post 15 Feb. 82/2 An active young man..wants employment. He has served in the capacities of a waitingman, gardener, and groom. 1839Southern Lit. Messenger V. 752/1 The door of the bachelor's hall was assaulted by a repetition of raps, which quickened the steps of Mr. Singlesides' sedate waiting⁓man. 1884G. W. Cable Dr. Sevier I. x. 73 The speaker ceased as the mulatto waiting-man appeared. |