A person who is in continual attendance upon a superior; specifically (in the British royal household) one of a group of four gentleman-ushers each responsible in turn for attending or waiting on the sovereign in the presence chamber.
Origin
Early 16th century; earliest use found in Statutes Prohemium Iohannis Rastell.
Definition of daily waiter in US English:
daily waiter
noun
historical
A person who is in continual attendance upon a superior; specifically (in the British royal household) one of a group of four gentleman-ushers each responsible in turn for attending or waiting on the sovereign in the presence chamber.
Origin
Early 16th century; earliest use found in Statutes Prohemium Iohannis Rastell.