| 单词 | lord in waiting |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslord in waiting lord in waiting n. [compare earlier lady-in-waiting n.] (a) (the title of) a nobleman appointed to provide companionship and personal assistance to the monarch or Prince of Wales; (b) (in later use) a junior government minister in the House of Lords appointed to perform certain ceremonial duties on behalf of the monarch (the female counterpart of whom is called a baroness in waiting). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > lord-in-waiting gentlemanc1400 gentleman of the privy chamber1549 privy chamberer1640 Gentleman of the Privy Chamber1681 lord of the bedchamber1717 lord in waiting1719 1719 Weekly-Jrnl. 28 Nov. 1455/1 His Majesty being told of it, by some of the Lords in waiting. 1860 W. G. Clark Let. 18 Sept. in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. (1861) 45 Carts loaded with furniture passed out from time to time, the property, I suppose, of Goldsticks, and Chamberlains, and Lords-in-waiting. 1892 Sat. Rev. 3 Dec. 644 What the functions of Lords-in-Waiting are is one of those mysteries of the Household. 1927 H. W. Root Unknown Barnum viii. 106 Barnum and the General were taken in hand by a lord in waiting and carefully informed as to the proper behaviour in the presence of royalty. 1971 New Scientist 4 Mar. 502/2 I never knew that Parliamentary Questions could be answered by a Lord-in-Waiting, who must be the most minor figure in the governmental firmament. 2011 Daily Tel. 11 July 29/3 Nicky's father was Lord in Waiting to both George V and George VI. < as lemmas |
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