Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Waiting

Waiting , adjective and noun

a. & n. from Wait, v.
Collocations (3)
In waiting , in attendance; as, lords in waiting. [English]
Waiting gentlewoman , a woman who waits upon a person of rank.
Waiting maid or Waiting woman , a maid or woman who waits upon another as a personal servant.