Definition of "in waiting" []

• In attendance.

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "In a voice textured by sardonic inflection, he enquired, ‘You’re doing an internship in waiting on hotel guests?"
• "We were delayed all that day in waiting for our consort, and improved our time by verifying certain rumors about a quantity of new railroad-iron which was said to be concealed in the abandoned Rebel forts on St. Simon's and Jekyll Islands, and which would have much value at Port Royal, if we could unearth it."
• "To the majority, the leaders above all who needed all the time possible to improve the combat readiness of their commands, the extended period in waiting was welcome, a heavensent opportunity to smooth out the rough edges among troops who were conditioned to barrack life."