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Meanings of gentleman-in-waiting in English

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Usage of gentleman-in-waiting in English
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Nevertheless, we must transplant this fellow Blunt to the office of gentleman-in-waiting.
Men of Iron
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The three dropped upon their knees, and Elizabeth waved without the pages and the gentleman-in-waiting.
Michel and Angele [A Ladder of Swords] — Volume 3
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While dressing, Pétya had prepared many fine things he meant to say to the gentleman-in-waiting.
War and Peace
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In 2010 a chorister was dismissed for allegedly procuring male prostitutes for a papal gentleman-in-waiting.
The Guardian
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The gentleman-in-waiting ran upstairs and downstairs and in and out of all the rooms and corridors.
Stories from Hans Andersen
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A gentleman-in-waiting came round with paper and ink-horn, making notes of our names and of our business.
Micah Clarke / His Statement as made to his three grandchildren ...
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The Villa du Lac once belonged to the Marquis de Para, who was gentleman-in-waiting to the Empress Eugénie.
The Chink in the Armour
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A gentleman-in-waiting, booted and spurred, enters.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
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The next day the whole court was talking of the wrath of the Duke of Anjou at this assault upon his first gentleman-in-waiting.
An Enemy to the King / From the Recently Discovered Memoirs of t...
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The gentleman-in-waiting sympathetically asked me if I would have another one, but on learning that I had no more money he said good-night.
Here are Ladies
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At the period I allude to a madame de Blessac, a very well-looking woman, took upon herself to be very kindly disposed towards the gentleman-in-waiting.
Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry / With Minute Details of Her En...
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His voice was soft, his manner was courteous, and at first sight he seemed more like a gentleman-in-waiting to the queen than a celebrated rapscallion.
The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
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They went into the antechamber and there, sure enough, the two gentlemen-in-waiting were, sprawling on chairs and snoring hard.
Prince Caspian
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'I have never heard it mentioned before,' said the gentleman-in-waiting.
Stories from Hans Andersen
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'I have never heard it mentioned,' said the gentleman-in-waiting.
Stories from Hans Andersen
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'It is just like crystal bells,' said the gentleman-in-waiting.
Stories from Hans Andersen
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