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Meaning of Ladies | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈleɪ.diz

Definitions

  1. A ladies' room: a lavatory intended for use by women.
    British, euphemistic, uncountable
  2. plural of Lady
  3. genitive of lady
    form-of, genitive, obsolete
  4. Clipping of ladies' team, used in club names, as in [Club Name] Ladies.
    Ireland, Japan, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, obsolete
  5. Clipping of ladies' team, used in club names, as in [Club Name] Ladies
  6. An initial hand consisting of a pair of queens.
    slang

Equivalents

العربية السيدات
Ελληνικά γυναικών
Español damas señoras
Suomi naiset
Français ladies
日本語 レディース

Examples

“He wet his thumb with saliva pressing on the tongue, ran it up and down faster over the letter 'I' of 'TOILET', the 'LADIES TOILET' was transformed into 'LADIES TO LET' in no time.”
“The morrow next about the wanted howre, / The Dwarfe cald at the doore of Amyas, / To come forthwith unto his Ladies bowre.”
“Vrge not my fathers anger (Eglamoure) / But thinke vpon my griefe (a Ladies griefe) / And on the iuſtice of my flying hence, / To keepe me from a moſt vnholy match, / Which heauen and fortune ſtill rewards with plagues.”
“And ſince not only a dead Fathers fame, / But more a Ladies honour muſt be touch’d, / Which nice as Ermines will not bear a Soil ; / Let all retire ; that you alone may hear / What ev’n in whiſpers I won’d tell your ear.”
“Pardon me, I need to visit the ladies.”
“Arsenal Ladies and Chelsea Ladies are the biggest women's football teams in England.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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