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A lady's companion was a woman of genteel birth who lived with a woman of rank or wealth as retainer. The term was in use in the United Kingdom from at least the 18th century to the mid-20th century but it is now archaic. The profession is known in most of the Western world.
A royal consort is a person of either sex who has an official status through an intimate relationship, often through marriage or concubinage, with a monarch. [1] The term, consort, was thereafter extended to encompass similar relationships with other significant figures, such as a head of state.
By an extended usage the word duenna has come to mean a young woman's female companion from any culture, particularly one who is exceedingly strict. The Oxford English Dictionary instances "There is no duenna so rigidly prudent as ... a superannuated coquette", [ 5 ] and even any disapproving person irrespective of gender (where it instances ...
In Europe, the development of the office of lady-in-waiting is connected to that of the development of a royal court. During the Carolingian Empire, in the 9th century, Hincmar describes the royal household of Charles the Bald in the De Ordine Palatii, from 882, in which he states that court officials took orders from the queen as well as the king.
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At the 2024 ELLE's Women in Hollywood event at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Nov. 19, Gomez, 32, revealed to PEOPLE the best advice she’s received from another woman to mark ...
A woman's chastity and loyalty to her spouse were considered so important that the government gave awards called yeolnyeo to those who led an exemplary life by remaining loyal to their late husbands. Originally intended to set a good example, the award created a situation which got worse in late Joseon, where widows would kill themselves in ...