Obs. [WAITING ppl. a.] A male servant who waits or attends upon his employer or on an official.
1518. Star Chamber Cases (Selden Soc.), II. 155. Concernyng the waytyngmen, it is thought that the same fees cannot be mynysshid.
1552. Huloet, Waytyng man, assecla.
1585. Higins, Junius’ Nomencl., 518/2. Anteambulo,… a waiting man, or he that goeth before his maister and mistresse, or conducteth them.
1776. Pennsylv. Even. Post, 15 Feb., 82/2. An active young man … wants employment. He has served in the capacities of a waitingman, gardener, and groom.
