maids of honour

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• Maid of Honour — Maids of Honour were the junior attendants on a Queen in the royal households of England and later of the United Kingdom. Anne of Brittany is said to have instituted the Queen s Maids of Honour at the court.RoleTraditionally, a Queen regnant had… …   Wikipedia

• maid of honour — maids of honour N COUNT A maid of honour is the chief bridesmaid at a wedding. [AM] …   English dictionary

• Maid of honour — This article discusses the court title. For the ceremonial position in a wedding, see bridesmaid. For the 2008 movie see Made of Honor. Maids of honour were the junior attendants of a queen in the royal households of England and later of the… …   Wikipedia

• The Maid of Honour — For attendants upon a queen in the royal households, see Maids of Honour The Maid of Honour is a Jacobean era stage play, a tragicomedy written by Philip Massinger, first published in 1632. [Logan and Smith, pp. 102, 108.] It may be Massinger s… …   Wikipedia

• maid of honour — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms maid of honour : singular maid of honour plural maids of honour 1) a woman who is not married and is the main bridesmaid at a wedding, helping the woman getting married 2) a young woman from a high social class …   English dictionary

• maid of honour — BrE maid of honor AmE plural maids of honour n 1.) the most important ↑bridesmaid at a wedding 2.) an unmarried woman who works for a queen or a ↑princess …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• maid of honour — (pl maids of honour) (AmE honor) n 1. (AmE) the chief bridesmaid at a wedding. If she is a married woman she is called a matron of honor. 2. a woman who is not married and who is the companion of a princess or queen. 3. (BrE) a type of small cake …   Universalium

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• Royal Households of the United Kingdom — The Royal Households of the United Kingdom are the organised offices and support systems for the British Royal Family, along with their immediate (royal) families. Alongside The Royal Household, which supports the Sovereign, each member of the… …   Wikipedia

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