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Lady Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Lady?
[n] a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady"
[n] (United Kingdom) a woman of the peerage in Britain [n] a polite name for any woman; "a nice lady at the library helped me" Synonyms | Synonyms for Lady: dame | gentlewoman | ma'am | madam | noblewoman | peeress Related Terms | Find terms related to Lady: acceptable person | archduchess | baroness | best girl | better half | capital fellow | common-law wife | concubine | countess | dame | daughter of Eve | diamond | distaff | domina | dona | donna | dowager | dream girl | duchess | Dulcinea | Eminence | Eve | faithful | feme | feme covert | femme | Frau | Fraulein | frow | galantuomo | gem | gentilhomme | gentleman | gentlewoman | gill | girl | girl friend | good fellow | good lot | good man | good person | good sort | good woman | goodwife | goody | Grace | grand duchess | helpmate | helpmeet | Her Excellency | Her Highness | Her Ladyship | Her Majesty | Highness | His Lordship | His Majesty | honest man | honest woman | Honor | Imperial Highness | Imperial Majesty | inamorata | jewel | jill | jo | khanum | lady love | Ladyship | lass | lassie | Lord | Lordship | madam | madame | mademoiselle | Majesty | man of honor | marchioness | margravine | married woman | matron | mem-sahib | mensch | mesdames | milady | milord | Miss | Mistress | Mlle | Mme | Mmes | My Lady | My Lord | noblewoman | old lady | old woman | pearl | peeress | perfect gentleman | perfect lady | persona grata | prince | real lady | real man | Reverence | rib | right sort | rough diamond | Royal Highness | Royal Majesty | senhora | senhorita | Serene Highness | signora | signorina | squaw | straight shooter | true blue | truepenny | trusty | viscountess | vrouw | wahine | weaker vessel | wedded wife | wife | woman | woman of honor | Worship | worthy | Your Lordship See Also | adult female | Amy Lyon | baronage | baroness | begum | Borgia | countess | duchess | Duchess of Ferrara | female aristocrat | Godiva | grande dame | Hamilton | Lady Emma Hamilton | Lady Godiva | Lady-in-waiting | Lucrezia Borgia | madame | marchioness | marquise | Milady | peerage | woman Lady In Webster's Dictionary \La"dy\, n.; pl. {Ladies}. [OE. ladi, l[ae]fdi, AS.
hl?fdige, hl?fdie; AS. hl[=a]f loaf + a root of uncertain
origin, possibly akin to E. dairy. See {Loaf}, and cf.
{Lord}.]
1. A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family;
a mistress; the female head of a household.
Agar, the handmaiden of Sara, whence comest thou,
and whither goest thou? The which answered, Fro the
face of Sara my lady. --Wyclif (Gen.
xvi. 8.).
2. A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress;
-- a feminine correlative of lord. ``Lord or lady of high
degree.'' --Lowell.
Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, .
. . We make thee lady. --Shak.
3. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was
paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a
sweetheart.
The soldier here his wasted store supplies, And
takes new valor from his lady's eyes. --Waller.
4. A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a
title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is
not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a
nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or
knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by
right.
5. A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman;
-- the feminine correlative of gentleman.
6. A wife; -- not now in approved usage. --Goldsmith.
7. (Zo["o]l.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a
lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a
seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates.
{Ladies' man}, a man who affects the society of ladies.
{Lady altar}, an altar in a lady chapel. --Shipley.
{Lady chapel}, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
{Lady court}, the court of a lady of the manor.
{Lady court}, the court of a lady of the manor.
{Lady crab} (Zo["o]l.), a handsomely spotted swimming crab
({Platyonichus ocellatus}) very common on the sandy shores
of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
{Lady fern}. (Bot.) See {Female fern}, under {Female}, and
Illust. of {Fern}.
{Lady in waiting}, a lady of the queen's household, appointed
to wait upon or attend the queen.
{Lady Mass}, a Mass said in honor of the Virgin Mary.
--Shipley.
{Lady of the manor}, a lady having jurisdiction of a manor;
also, the wife of a manor lord.
{Lady's maid}, a maidservant who dresses and waits upon a
lady. --Thackeray.
{Our Lady}, the Virgin Mary.
\La"dy\, a. Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike. ``Some lady trifles.'' --Shak. \La"dy`\ The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See {Annunciation}. |
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