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What (who) is -in-waiting - definition

GOVERNMENT WHIP IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS

Lord in Waiting; Baroness in Waiting; Baroness-in-waiting; Lord-in-Waiting; Baroness-in-Waiting; Lord in waiting; Baronesses-in-Waiting; Baronesses and Lords in Waiting

-in-waiting

¦ combining form

1. denoting a position as attendant to a royal personage: lady-in-waiting.

2. awaiting a turn or about to happen: a political administration-in-waiting.

Groom in Waiting

POSITION IN THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Groom-in-Waiting; Groom in Waiting in Ordinary; Grooms in waiting; Parliamentary Groom in Waiting

The office of Groom in Waiting (sometimes hyphenated as Groom-in-Waiting) was a post in the Royal Household of the United Kingdom, which in earlier times was usually held by more than one person at a time – in the late Middle Ages there might be dozens of persons with the rank, though the Esquires and Knights of the Body were more an important and select group. Grooms-in-Waiting to other members of the Royal Family and Extra Grooms in Waiting were also sometimes appointed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groom_in_Waiting

Waiting for Snow in Havana

BOOK BY CARLOS EIRE

Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy

Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy is a 2003 book by Carlos Eire and winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction."National Book Awards – 2000".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_Snow_in_Havana

Wikipedia

Lord-in-waiting

Lords-in-waiting (male) or baronesses-in-waiting (female) are peers who hold office in the Royal Household of the sovereign of the United Kingdom. In the official Court Circular they are styled "Lord in Waiting" or "Baroness in Waiting" (without hyphenation).

There are two kinds of lord-in-waiting: political appointees by the government of the day who serve as junior government whips in the House of Lords (the senior whips have the positions of Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms and Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard); and non-political appointments by the monarch (who, if they have a seat in the House of Lords, sit as crossbenchers). Lords-in-waiting (whether political or non-political) may be called upon periodically to represent the sovereign; for example, one of their number is regularly called upon to greet visiting heads of state on arrival at an airport at the start of a state or official visit, and they may then play a role in accompanying them for the duration of their stay (for instance, on 3 June 2019 lord-in-waiting Viscount Brookeborough was in attendance at Stansted Airport to welcome U.S. president Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on behalf of the Queen; he and Viscountess Brookeborough then remained "specially attached" to the Trumps for the duration of their visit.) They are also occasionally in attendance on other state or royal occasions. "Extra" lords-in-waiting may also be appointed, supernumerary to the regular appointees, who fulfil a similar role; for example, the Baroness Rawlings, whose appointment as a government whip (and baroness-in-waiting) ceased in 2012, continued to serve as an extra baroness-in-waiting, and represented the Queen on certain occasions (for example on 27 February 2019 she was present at RAF Northolt to welcome the King and Queen of Jordan, while at the same time another baroness-in-waiting, Baroness Manzoor, was present at Heathrow Airport to welcome the President of Slovenia).

In addition, the honour of serving as a permanent lord-in-waiting is occasionally bestowed on very senior courtiers following their retirement. A permanent lord-in-waiting may also represent the sovereign, as often happens at funerals or memorial services for former courtiers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord-in-waiting

Examples of use of -in-waiting

1. "There‘s no point in waiting for months," Kohli said.

2. He made Camilla Parker Bowles a queen in waiting.

3. The men fled in waiting vehicles, the military said.

4. Both mothers in waiting refuse to comment on the reports.

5. John McCain, the Republican nominee–in–waiting, jumped in quickly.