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单词 lady of the bedchamber
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lady of the bedchamber

noun
(In the UK) a female attendant to the queen or queen mother, ranking in the royal household above woman of the bedchamber.In 1563 Charles Howard married a daughter of Lord Hunsdon, cousin and confidant to Queen Elizabeth: his wife was a lady of the bedchamber for many years....
  • By the time Queen Victoria came to the throne, the Crown's power had declined so much that the Queen found that she couldn't even choose her own ladies of the bedchamber.
  • It is interesting that the Duchess of Somerset is not one of their number, despite being a lady of the bedchamber, but of course she was not a beauty.
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