lord-in-waiting

At the age of 68, Rupert Murdoch has become a lion in winter, and Peter Chernin is his lord-in-waiting.

The Man Behind Rupert's Roll 2008

Attended only by Lord Telifar, the prince ate a small supper then dismissed the lord-in-waiting and occupied himself reading the replies to the urgent letters sent out that morning.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

A lord-in-waiting straightened my train and another took my card and announced my name to Her Majesty, who was seated very grandly on her throne.

Slightly Married Balogh, Mary 2003

Dickey, after her mother's great progenitor, who was said to have come over with William the Conqueror, but whether in the capacity of a lacquey or a lord-in-waiting was never, and perhaps never will be, determined.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 6, 1841, Various

Elizabeth turned impetuously to a lord-in-waiting.

Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang

At another time, on a Sunday, Fouche entered the chapel in the midst of the service, and whispered to Bonaparte, who immediately beckoned to his lord-in-waiting and to Duroc.

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

At another time, on a Sunday, Fouche entered the chapel in the midst of the service, and whispered to Bonaparte, who immediately beckoned to his lord-in-waiting and to Duroc.

Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various

The King took it out of his hand without deigning to give him a look even, or a word; he took it as you would take a pocket handkerchief from your valet de chambre, without any mark of displeasure or attention, or expression of countenance whatever, and passed it to his lord-in-waiting, who was the Duke of Queensberry.

George Selwyn His Letters and His Life Ed 1899

There was Mrs. Byng for one; there was also Adrian Fellowes, who had been for a long time a kind of handy-man of the great house, doing the hundred things which only a private secretary, who was also a kind of master-of-ceremonies and lord-in-waiting, as it were, could do.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

There was Mrs. Byng for one; there was also Adrian Fellowes, who had been for a long time a kind of handy-man of the great house, doing the hundred things which only a private secretary, who was also a kind of master-of-ceremonies and lord-in-waiting, as it were, could do.

The Judgment House Gilbert Parker 1897