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A lady's companion was a woman of genteel birth who lived with a woman of rank or wealth as retainer. The term was in use in the United Kingdom from at least the 18th century to the mid-20th century but it is now archaic. The profession is known in most of the Western world. The role was related to the position of lady-in-waiting, which by the 19th century was applied only to the female retainers of female members of the royal family. Ladies-in-waiting were usually women from the most privileged backgrounds who took the position for the prestige of associating with royalty, or for the enhanced marriage prospects available to those who spent time at court, but lady's companions usually took up their occupation because they needed to earn a living and have somewhere to live. A companion is n

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  • Lady's companion (en)
  • レディズ・コンパニオン (ja)
  • Sällskapsdam (sv)
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  • レディズ・コンパニオン(英語: lady's companion)は、上流または富裕な女性に雇われ、その相手をする生まれ育ちの良い女性のこと。 イギリスにおいては、少なくとも18世紀から20世紀中頃まで存在した。王族の女性に対する19世紀頃までの女官(lady-in-waiting)の関係に類似しているが、女官が通常は王族とつながりを持つ特権階級に属し、宮廷に出仕することで有利な結婚をもくろんでいたのに対し、レディズ・コンパニオンは生計を立てる必要からこの仕事をしていたのである。 (ja)
  • A lady's companion was a woman of genteel birth who lived with a woman of rank or wealth as retainer. The term was in use in the United Kingdom from at least the 18th century to the mid-20th century but it is now archaic. The profession is known in most of the Western world. The role was related to the position of lady-in-waiting, which by the 19th century was applied only to the female retainers of female members of the royal family. Ladies-in-waiting were usually women from the most privileged backgrounds who took the position for the prestige of associating with royalty, or for the enhanced marriage prospects available to those who spent time at court, but lady's companions usually took up their occupation because they needed to earn a living and have somewhere to live. A companion is n (en)
  • Sällskapsdam (engelska: Lady's companion) var namnet på ett historiskt yrke för kvinnor. En sällskapsdam var anställd som betalt sällskap hos en annan kvinna. Yrket var besläktat med hovdamens, men begreppet hovdam kom att associeras enbart med de sällskapsdamer som var anställda hos kungliga kvinnor, medan sällskapsdamer blev titeln för de som var anställda hos icke kungliga kvinnor. Ordet sällskapsdam har ibland även används som ett namn för en kurtisan eller eskort, men det har då gällt kvinnor som anställts som sällskap åt män, inte andra kvinnor. (sv)
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  • A lady's companion was a woman of genteel birth who lived with a woman of rank or wealth as retainer. The term was in use in the United Kingdom from at least the 18th century to the mid-20th century but it is now archaic. The profession is known in most of the Western world. The role was related to the position of lady-in-waiting, which by the 19th century was applied only to the female retainers of female members of the royal family. Ladies-in-waiting were usually women from the most privileged backgrounds who took the position for the prestige of associating with royalty, or for the enhanced marriage prospects available to those who spent time at court, but lady's companions usually took up their occupation because they needed to earn a living and have somewhere to live. A companion is not to be confused with lady's maid, a female personal attendant roughly equivalent to a "gentleman's gentleman" or valet. (en)
  • レディズ・コンパニオン(英語: lady's companion)は、上流または富裕な女性に雇われ、その相手をする生まれ育ちの良い女性のこと。 イギリスにおいては、少なくとも18世紀から20世紀中頃まで存在した。王族の女性に対する19世紀頃までの女官(lady-in-waiting)の関係に類似しているが、女官が通常は王族とつながりを持つ特権階級に属し、宮廷に出仕することで有利な結婚をもくろんでいたのに対し、レディズ・コンパニオンは生計を立てる必要からこの仕事をしていたのである。 (ja)
  • Sällskapsdam (engelska: Lady's companion) var namnet på ett historiskt yrke för kvinnor. En sällskapsdam var anställd som betalt sällskap hos en annan kvinna. Yrket var besläktat med hovdamens, men begreppet hovdam kom att associeras enbart med de sällskapsdamer som var anställda hos kungliga kvinnor, medan sällskapsdamer blev titeln för de som var anställda hos icke kungliga kvinnor. Yrket var vanligt i europeiska högreståndsmiljöer från åtminstone mitten av 1700-talet, då det omtalas som ett klart definierat yrke i England, men fanns egentligen långt tidigare. Runt år 1900 började yrkets förutsättningar försvinna, genom en större rörelsefrihet och arbetsmarknad för kvinnor och ståndssamhällets försvinnande. Ordet sällskapsdam har ibland även används som ett namn för en kurtisan eller eskort, men det har då gällt kvinnor som anställts som sällskap åt män, inte andra kvinnor. (sv)
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