lady-in-waiting

1. 1.

   a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess

   BroaderLady

Questions about lady-in-waiting

What does lady-in-waiting mean?

lady-in-waiting means "a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess".

How many syllables are in lady-in-waiting?

lady-in-waiting has 4 syllables: la-dy-in--wai-ting. The stress falls on "dy-in-".

Is lady-in-waiting a common word?

lady-in-waiting is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.