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first lady
[ furst leee-dee ]
noun
- Often First Lady. the wife of the U.S. president, or the wife of a current governor or mayor.
- Often First Lady. the wife of the head of any country:
the First Lady of Brazil.
- the foremost woman in any art, profession, or the like:
Helen Hayes, the first lady of American theater.
first lady
noun
- (in the US) the wife or official hostess of a chief executive, esp of a state governor or a president
- a woman considered to be at the top of her profession or art
the first lady of jazz
Word History and Origins
Origin of first lady1
Example Sentences
At the time, first lady Michelle Obama praised Jamison as a “an amazing, phenomenal, ‘fly’ woman.”
“She liked all the accoutrements that go with being first lady and living in the White House,” Ms Bennett told People magazine in 2021.
The president said he would set up an office to oversee the first lady's official duties, but rejected a call for an investigation into her activities.
I was “first lady” of a small country church congregation and I wanted more.
The third moderator was Maria Shriver in Michigan, niece of JFK and former first lady of California under Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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