Meaning of lady | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An aristocratic title for a woman
2. An aristocratic title for a woman.
3. The title for the (primary) female deity in female-centered religions.
4. Ms; a title or form of address for a woman; formerly for a married, divorced, or widowed woman and now commonly for any adult woman regardless of marital status, depending on the region
5. The mistress of a household.
   historical
6. Used with a surname or the name of a peerage, for a peeress in her own right (other than a duchess), or the wife (or widow) of a peer (other than a duke)
7. Used with a surname or the name of a peerage, for a peeress in her own right (other than a duchess), or the wife (or widow) of a peer (other than a duke).
8. The major supernatural figurehead in the Wiccan religion, a triune goddess split into the Mother, Maiden, and Crone.
9. A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
10. Used with a surname, for the wife (or widow) of a knight or baronet
11. Used with a surname, for the wife (or widow) of a knight or baronet.
12. wife
13. The feminine of lord, a lordess.
14. Used as a courtesy title with the woman’s given name, for a daughter of a duke, marquess, or earl
15. Used as a courtesy title with the woman’s given name, for a daughter of a duke, marquess, or earl.
16. feminine singular of señor
17. A title for someone married to a lord or gentleman.
18. Used with her husband’s given name, for the wife (or widow) of a man who is the son of a duke or marquess, or the oldest son of an earl
19. Used with her husband’s given name, for the wife (or widow) of a man who is the son of a duke or marquess, or the oldest son of an earl.
20. A title that can be used instead of the formal terms of marchioness, countess, viscountess, or baroness.
21. A high priestess.
22. A woman: an adult female human.
    polite
23. A polite reference or form of address to women.
    in-plural
24. Used to address a female.
    slang
25. A wife or girlfriend; a sweetheart.
    informal
26. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound.
27. A queen (the playing card).
    slang
28. Who is a woman.
    attributive
29. gastric mill, the triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster, consisting of calcareous plates; so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure.
    archaic
30. A five-pound note. (Rhyming slang, Lady Godiva for fiver.)
    UK, slang
31. A woman’s breast.
    in-plural, slang
32. A queen.
    rare, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“"I would like the dining room to be fully set by tonight; would you do so?" "Yes, my lady."”

“‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”.[…]’.”

“Of all theſe bounds euen from this Line, to this, / With ſhadowie Forreſts, and with Champains rich’d / With plenteous Riuers, and wide-ſkirted Meades / We make thee Lady.”

“’T was the proudest hall in the North Countree, And never its gates might opened be, Save to lord or lady of high decree[…]”

“Please direct this lady to the soft furnishings department.”

“Ladies and gentlemen, it is a pleasure to be here today. Follow me, ladies!”

“The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.”

“Hey, lady, move your car!”

“Hey, ladies, how are you doing?”

“It is my Lady, O it is my Loue, O that ſhe knew ſhe were, She ſpeakes, yet ſhe ſayes nothing, what of that?”

“But nothing could now exceed my confusion upon seeing the gentleman and his lady enter”

“The ſoldier here his waſted ſtore ſupplies, And takes new valor from the Ladies’ eyes.”

“A lady doctor.”

“The recent disclosures caused one headmistress of a city college to arrange for sex instructions to be given by a lady doctor to various forms.”

“Honor guests were Ladies Smith and Walker of Port Huron, Michigan. Lady Walker has been a Maccabee for 40 years.”

“Would Lady Macbeth care for dessert?”

“How do you do, Lady Windermere?”

“Sir John Smith and Lady Smith accompanied the ambassador.”

“Lady Russell was most anxiously zealous on the subject, and gave it much serious consideration. […] Herself, the widow of only a knight, she gave the dignity of a baronet all its due;”

“He would feel that the mere idea of hearing a butler announce ‘Chief-Detective-Inspector and Lady Mary Parker’ would have something shocking about it.”

“”[…] Excuse me, mum, wot might your married name be?” ”Lady Peter Wimsey,” said Harriet, feeling not at all sure that it was her name.”

“My Lady, will you not take pity on me?”

“...different stages of life as represented by our Lady as Maiden, Mother, and Crone, as well as our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.”

“The Lord and the Lady Actually, when I say that Wicca is a Goddess tradition, I'm really only telling half of the story.”

“The Lady is often thought of as having three aspects: Maiden, Mother, and Crone.”

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