| 单词 | mother of the maids |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmother of the maids (of honour) c. In full mother of the maids (of honour). The head of the maids of honour in a royal household. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > head of maids of honour mother1577 1577–8 New Year's Gifts in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth (1823) II. 88 To Mrs. Hyde, Mother of the Mades. 1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster ii. 16 The reuerend mother sent me word, They would all be for the garden. 1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse i. iv She might ha' been Mother o' the Maids. 1682 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 159 The lady Sanderson, mother of the maids of honour to her majestie, was interred in the abby. 1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 132 Mrs. *** Mother of the Maids to K. James IIds Queen. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VI xxx. 16 At their head there stalked A dame who kept up discipline among The female ranks... Her title was ‘the Mother of the Maids’. 1897 Dict. National Biogr. L. 268/1 Sanderson, Sir William She was mother of the maids of honour to Catherine of Braganza. < as lemmas |
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