lady-in-waiting

female personal assistant at a court, royal or feudal, attending on a queen, a princess, or a high-ranking noblewoman
Intangible profession Q715222
lady-in-waiting
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lady-in-waiting

Summary

lady-in-waiting is a profession[1]. lady-in-waiting ranks in the top 0.75% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,453 views/month, #12 of 1,605).[2]

Key Facts

  • lady-in-waiting's instance of is recorded as profession[3].
  • lady-in-waiting is a type of aristocrat[4].
  • lady-in-waiting is a type of domestic worker[5].
  • lady-in-waiting is a type of lady's companion[6].
  • lady-in-waiting is a type of courtier[7].
  • lady-in-waiting's Commons category is recorded as Ladies-in-waiting[8].
  • lady-in-waiting's said to be the same as is recorded as courtier[9].
  • lady-in-waiting's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ladies-in-waiting[10].
  • lady-in-waiting's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • lady-in-waiting's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • lady-in-waiting's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[13].
  • lady-in-waiting's different from is recorded as lady's maid[14].
  • lady-in-waiting's different from is recorded as chamberer[15].
  • lady-in-waiting's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'בת לוויה'}[16].
  • lady-in-waiting's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Hofdame'}[17].
  • lady-in-waiting's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'dama de companyia'}[18].
  • lady-in-waiting's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'dama de compañía'}[19].
  • lady-in-waiting's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'مساعدة شخصية'}[20].
  • lady-in-waiting's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'dama di compagnia'}[21].
  • lady-in-waiting's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'фрейлина'}[22].
  • lady-in-waiting's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'hofdama'}[23].
  • lady-in-waiting's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Höfling'}[24].

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Definition and Type

lady-in-waiting's instance of is recorded as profession[3]. Recorded subclass of include aristocrat[4], domestic worker[5], lady's companion[6], and courtier[7].

Why It Matters

lady-in-waiting ranks in the top 0.75% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,453 views/month, #12 of 1,605).[2] lady-in-waiting has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] lady-in-waiting is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . Q24492629. wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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