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lady
[ ley-dee ]
noun
- a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
She may be poor and have little education, but she's a real lady.
- a woman of high social position or economic class:
She was born a lady and found it hard to adjust to her reduced circumstances.
- any woman; female (sometimes used in combination): There was a really nice saleslady at the counter who gave me some advice on what to buy.
The lady who answered the phone sounded a little stressed.
There was a really nice saleslady at the counter who gave me some advice on what to buy.
- (used in direct address: usually offensive in the singular):
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome.
Lady, out of my way, please.
- wife:
The ambassador and his lady arrived late.
- Slang. a female lover or steady companion.
- Lady, (in Great Britain) the proper title of any woman whose husband is higher in rank than baronet or knight, or who is the daughter of a nobleman not lower than an earl (although the title is given by courtesy also to the wives of baronets and knights).
- a woman who has proprietary rights or authority, as over a manor; female feudal superior. Compare lord ( def 4 ).
- Lady, the Virgin Mary.
- a woman who is the object of chivalrous devotion.
- Usually Lady.
- an attribute or abstraction personified as a woman; a designation of an allegorical figure as feminine: Lady Virtue.
Lady Fortune;
Lady Virtue.
- a title prefixed to the name of a goddess:
Lady Venus.
lady
1/ ˈleɪdɪ /
noun
- a woman regarded as having the characteristics of a good family and high social position
- a polite name for a woman
- ( as modifier )
a lady doctor
- an informal name for wife
- lady of the housethe female head of the household
- history a woman with proprietary rights and authority, as over a manor Compare lord
Lady
2/ ˈleɪdɪ /
noun
- (in Britain) a title of honour borne by various classes of women of the peerage
- my ladya term of address to holders of the title Lady, used esp by servants
- Our Ladya title of the Virgin Mary
- archaic.an allegorical prefix for the personifications of certain qualities
Lady Luck
- the term of address by which certain positions of respect are prefaced when held by women
Lady Chairman
Sensitive Note
Other Words From
- lady·hood noun
- lady·ish adjective
- lady·ish·ly adverb
- lady·ish·ness noun
- lady·less adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of lady1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
I wonder what that lady is doing now, and if she knows what she set in motion with Archer?
Lady Edith is so sad that her sadness nearly set the whole damned house on fire.
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Lady Rose is also rather subdued in the premiere, which is a pity.
“Officers had to go stop an elderly lady from being assaulted,” Sgt. Houston said.
The lady in black was reading her morning devotions on the porch of a neighboring bathhouse.
Grandmamma sits in her quaint arm-chair— Never was lady more sweet and fair!
The young lady, hearing his step, turned round and stood on the stair, confronting him fiercely.
See the ease and grace of the lady in the sacque, who sits on the bank there, under the myrtles, with the guitar on her lap!
At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.
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