MAID OF HONOR

Definition: MAID OF HONOR

MAID OF HONOR

1. A female attendant of a queen or royal princess; -- usually of noble family, and having to perform only nominal or honorary duties.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Friend

Best man, maid of honor, matron of honor.

I'd like you to be maid of honor at my wedding. (Cheers; writing credit: Isaac Cronin; Wayne Wang)

The Maid of Honor (1913)

Maid of Honor (1999)

I Was My Sister's Maid of Honor (1996)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Maid of Honor (reference)

• Maid of Honor (Another Summer of Love) (reference)

• Philip Massinger: The Roman Actor, The Maid Of Honor, A New Way To Pay Old Debts, Believe As You List (BCL1-PR English Literature) (reference)

• The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor (The Little Colonel Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Ship's Sponsor, Miss Anna Hoch, with her parents and Maid of Honor at the launching ceremonies, 12 August 1905. Kansas was built by the New York Shipbuilding Corp. at Camden, New Jersey. Those present are (from left to right): Miss Ora Allen, Maid of Honor; Mrs. E.W. Hoch, mother of the Sponsor; Miss Anna Hoch; and The Honorable E.W. Hoch, Governor of Kansas and father of the Sponsor. Credit: NAVY.

Sponsor and official party at the ship's launching ceremonies, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, 19 June 1951. Present in the front row are (left to right): Miss Marsha G. O'Kane, Maid of Honor; Mrs. Richard H. O'Kane, Sponsor; and Commander Richard H. O'Kane, USN, former Commanding Officer of the first USS Tang (SS-306). Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Albanian

shoqe nuse. (various references)

Bulgarian 

шаферка (bridesmaid, usherette), вид сладкиш, придворна дама (gentlewoman, lady in waiting, woman). (various references)

Czech

dvorní dáma (lady in waiting). (various references)

Greek 

κόρη συνόδου νύμφησ, παράνυμφοσ (best man, bridesmaid). (various references)

Hungarian

nyoszolyólány (bridesmaid, maid of honour), menyasszony tanúja (bridesmaid). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

典侍 (lady in waiting), 内侍 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ないじ (inner ear, internal affairs, internal or domestic affairs, personal affairs, unofficial announcement), ないし (between...and, emperor's secret orders, from...to, or, unofficial announcement), て�"じ (Braille, display, exhibition, lady in waiting, pointing out, seal script character). (various references)

Pig Latin

aidmay ofay onorhay

Portuguese

madrinha (godmother, maid of honour, sponsor), dama de honra (bridesmaid, maid of honour). (various references)

Romanian

domnişoarã (damsel, girl, maid of honour, Miss, young lady). (various references)

Russian 

фрейлина (lady in waiting). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

dvorska dama (lady in waiting), deveruša (bridesmaid). (various references)

Swedish

hovfröken (maid of honour), brudtärna (bridesmaid). (various references)

Thai

เพื่อนเจ้าสาว (bridesmaid), นางกำนัล. (various references)

Turkish

nedime (Abigail, bridesmaid, lady in waiting, matron of honor). (various references)

Mya arenaria. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: iodoform, rhodamin.

-4 letters: amorino, doorman, madrono, manhood.

-5 letters: dahoon, daimon, dhoora, dirham, domain, domino, dormin, dromon, fandom, firman, hadron, hairdo, harmin, indoor, inform, inroad, maroon, mohair, morion, nimrod, ordain, random, rodman, romano.