English Explanatory Dictionary

mistress of the robes

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The senior lady in the royal household of the United Kingdom, appointed to attend on the queen (also, in the 18th century, on the Princess of Wales), and responsible for her clothing and jewellery and for arranging the rota of attendance of the ladies-in-waiting.

Word forms

mistress of the robes mistresses of the robes
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