-in-waiting

== English == === Suffix === -in-waiting Depending on the expected arrival of a result, confirmation, etc. About to happen; bound to happen. Attendant to a royal figure. ==== Derived terms ==== baroness-in-waiting groom-in-waiting lady-in-waiting maid-in-waiting lord-in-waiting === See also === accident waiting to happen wait in the wings === Further reading === “-in-waiting”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “in waiting”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “in waiting”, in Collins English Dictionary.