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单词 waiting-maid
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waiting-maidn.

Brit. /ˈweɪtɪŋmeɪd/, U.S. /ˈweɪdɪŋˌmeɪd/
Etymology: waiting adj.
A superior female servant in personal attendance on a lady.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > lady's maid
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1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. iii. §7. 20 b Will dothe accompanie it [sc. Grace] and not leade it, as a waytinge maide after it & not a forgoer.
a1640 F. Beaumont et al. Loves Cure ii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rrrrr2v/2 A Ribbon, or a Glove. Cla. Nay those are tokens for a waiting maid To trim the Butler with.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 59 Here is Mr. B——, with such and such an Estate, has married his Mother's Waiting-maid.
1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 76 ‘Milady is very generous,’ said the waiting-maid.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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