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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Waiting \Wait"ing\,
     a. & n. from Wait, v.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     In waiting, in attendance; as, lords in waiting. [Eng.]
  
     Waiting gentlewoman, a woman who waits upon a person of
        rank.
  
     Waiting maid, Waiting woman, a maid or woman who waits
        upon another as a personal servant.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Waiting \Wait"ing\,
     a. & n. from Wait, v.
  
     In waiting, in attendance; as, lords in waiting. [Eng.]
  
     Waiting gentlewoman, a woman who waits upon a person of
        rank.
  
     Waiting maid, Waiting woman, a maid or woman who waits
        upon another as a personal servant.

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