Obs. [F., pres. pple. fem. of suivre to follow.] A confidential maid.
1698. Vanbrugh, Short Vindic., 51. Mademoiselle brings to mind what may often be expected from a Suivante of her Countrey.
1782. [T. Vaughan], Fashionable Follies, I. xci. 139. The more secrets Madame had to keep, the better for her suivante.
1812. Scott, Lett., in Lockhart (1837), III. i. 17. Lady Douglas’s suivante.
