lady
- noun
- /ˈleɪdi/
- Everyone admired the lady for her poise and sophistication during the formal dinner.
Just just this posh lady that is just living.
- Just just this posh lady that is just living.
- Hot, fit, beautiful, like a lady in the streets, a freak in the bed?
- It's not so like old lady like Queen Elizabeth kind of bag.
Examples
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Oh, this young lady is Miss Linda James.
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You can imagine how surprised the ladies were when the angel spoke to them.
Fiction book (1991) -
How could you get between a lady and her ice cream?
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And how are you today, young ladies?
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- Ladies and gentlemen of the press, let's get right to the questions.
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Then I looked at the lady who had just said hello to May Anna.
Fiction book (1990) -
She was a good lady, your mother.
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Well, this young lady here says that you had plans to meet up with Doug after school yesterday.
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Once Upon a time there was a lady called Edith Horsley.
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And this is the home of Madame Matilda Loisel, a young lady as charming as she is discontented.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
Adult females considered together as a group
A polite way to address a woman in a position of authority
A woman with a noble title, for example the wife of a count
A polite title people use for a woman in French, like Mrs
A woman who has the title of baron or is married to a baron
A woman given an official title for important public service
A woman from a rich or important family who has polite, graceful manners
A woman from a high social class who has a title
A woman of high social rank below a duchess and above a countess
A woman from a high social class with a family title
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Literature
A nickname for Margaret Thatcher, the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, known for her strict leadership
- UK
A Christian festival on March 25 that celebrates an angel telling Mary she will have a baby
- US
A small round beetle with bright spots that eats small insects that harm plants
- Literature
A nickname for a woman political leader, not only Margaret Thatcher, seen as strong and strict
A small crab with a bright, spotted shell that lives on sandy east coast beaches of the United States
- Specialized
A wild North American orchid with a pouch-shaped lower petal that is hard to grow in gardens
- US
A small crab with bright purple spots on its shell that lives on sandy Atlantic beaches
- NSFW
A man who many women find very attractive and who often takes advantage of them
A famous English nurse who cared for soldiers at night and carried a lamp during the Crimean War
A woman who helps children cross the road near a school while holding a stop sign
A Roman Catholic religious group that dates from the 1100s and is devoted to the Virgin Mary and prayer
- Specialized
A Chinese palm with thinner stems and leaves than the common lady palm
How Refined
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lady comes from an old English word made of hlaf 'bread' and dige 'kneader', originally the woman who cared for the bread and household. As that job became a sign of respect and good manners, lady grew to mean a refined, well-mannered, or high-status woman.