MAID-IN-WAITING


Meaning of MAID-IN-WAITING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmād- ə n-ˈwā-tiŋ ]

noun

( plural maids-in-wait·ing ˈmādz- ə n-)

Date: 1953

: a young woman of a queen's or princess's household appointed to attend her

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.