dame d'honneurn.
/dam dɒˈnəː/ A maid of honour, lady-in-waiting.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > lord-in-waiting > lady-in-waiting or maid of honour
maiden of honoura1450
gentlewomana1470
lady of presence1530
maid of honourc1595
lady of honour1631
lady-in-waiting1703
duenna1761
dame d'honneur1805
1805 C. Wilmot Let. 26 Aug. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) ii. 170 My name was given in to the Countess Protassoff, Dame d'Honneur for a presentation.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lv. 500 Some said she..had become a dame d'honneur to the Queen of Bulgaria.
1900 ‘M. Corelli’ Master-Christian 261 Madame Bozier, who had been her first governess, and who now lived with her, as a sort of dame d'honneur.
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