| 单词 | lady of the bedchamber |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslady of the bedchamber lady of the bedchamber n. British a woman of noble rank who attends to the queen or queen mother.In the royal household a lady of the bedchamber ranks above a woman of the bedchamber. ΚΠ 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania ii. 273 Her Gowne made with a wide long sleue to the ground, was of blacke Cloth, a Mantle ouer it of the same, to which was a Traile, carried by two Ladies of her Bed-chamber likewise in cloth. 1795 M. P. Andrews & F. Reynolds Myst. of Castle i. ii. 18 Please to dismiss the Lady of the Bed Chamber—I only speak to principals in office—always mute before underlings. 1826 New Monthly Mag. 16 557 The Duke had obliged the Duchess to receive Lady Denham as one of her ladies of the bedchamber; but just before her appointment was made out, she died. 1929 Jrnl. Compar. Legislation & Internat. Law 3rd Ser. 38 229 The Queen..would agree to change at least a few of her Ladies of the Bedchamber on Peel's recommendation. 2007 Austral. Mag. (Nexis) 28 July 14 Both Diana's grandmothers were members of the royal household: Countess Spencer was Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen Mother, and Ruth, Lady Fermoy, one of her Women of the Bedchamber. < as lemmas |
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