lady-in-waiting
Queen's female companion
A lady-in-waiting is a woman who attends a queen, princess, or other noblewoman in a royal household.
The position is one of companionship and personal service rather than menial work—ladies-in-waiting are themselves of noble birth.
The term appears most often in historical contexts or fairy tales: The princess called for her lady-in-waiting.
Personal female attendant
- companionOne who keeps company
- confidanteTrusted female friend
- chaperoneProtective adult companion
- aideSupporting staff member
escort · retainer · maid-of-honor · dresser · gentlewoman
Royal household attendant
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- queenMost powerful chess piece
- palaceMonarch's official residence
- nobilityTitled ruling class
etiquette · protocol · chamberlain · aristocracy · sovereign · throne · duchess · countess
Sixteenth-century English ruling family
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- VictorianOf a prim era
- VersaillesFrench royal palace complex
Byzantine · gown · corset · manor · feudal · betrothal · dowry · pageantry
Record of who's present
- serviceAid or maintenance
- dressingSauce for salads
- companionshipState of having company
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
ceremonies · processions · entertaining · chaperoning · needlework · reading aloud · discretion · loyalty
handmaiden
Personal female attendant
- companionOne who keeps company
- confidanteTrusted female friend
- chaperoneProtective adult companion
aide · escort · retainer · maid-of-honor · dresser · gentlewoman
courtier
Royal household attendant
nobility · etiquette · protocol · chamberlain · aristocracy · sovereign · throne · duchess · countess · baroness
Tudor
Sixteenth-century English ruling family
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- VictorianOf a prim era
Versailles · Byzantine · gown · corset · manor · feudal · betrothal · dowry · pageantry · masquerade
attendance
Record of who's present
- serviceAid or maintenance
- dressingSauce for salads
- companionshipState of having company
correspondence · ceremonies · processions · entertaining · chaperoning · needlework · reading aloud · discretion · loyalty · confidentiality
- castle staffchamberlain, chambermaid, butler, guard, handmaiden
- femaleswoman, girl, mother, daughter, wife
- medieval courtkings, lord, queens, queen, princes
- royal courtking, queen, prince, princess, crown
- Royal Courtscaliph, French court, courtier, vizier, courtiers
- Royal Palacethrone room, coronation, monarch, crown jewels, scepter