Lady
['leɪdɪ] or ['ledi]
Definition
(noun.) a woman of the peerage in Britain.
(noun.) a polite name for any woman; 'a nice lady at the library helped me'.
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Definition
(n.) A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.
(n.) A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord.
(n.) A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.
(n.) A wife; -- not now in approved usage.
(n.) 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.
(a.) Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.
(-) The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation.
Typist: Ruben
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Mistress, matron.[2]. Woman of rank, woman of distinction.[3]. Woman of refinement, well-bred woman, genteel woman.[4]. Wife, spouse.
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Definition
n. the mistress of a house: a wife: a title of the wives of knights and all degrees above them and of the daughters of earls and all higher ranks: a title of complaisance to any woman of refined manners:—pl. Ladies (lā′diz).—ns. Lā′dybird a genus of little beetles usually brilliant red or yellow—also Lā′dybug Lā′dycow; Lā′dy-chap′el a chapel dedicated to 'Our Lady ' the Virgin Mary usually behind the high altar at the extremity of the apse; Lā′dyday the 25th March the day of the Annunciation of the Virgin; Lā′dyfern one of the prettiest varieties of British ferns common in moist woods with bipinnate fronds sometimes two feet long; Lā′dy-fly (same as Ladybird); Lā′dyhood condition character of a lady.—adj. Lā′dyish having the airs of a fine lady.—ns. Lā′dyism affectation of the airs of a fine lady; Lā′dy-kill′er a man who fancies his fascinations irresistible to women: a general lover.—adj. Lā′dy-like like a lady in manners: refined: soft delicate.—ns. Lādy-love a lady or woman loved: a sweetheart; Lādy's-bed′straw the plant Galium verum; Lā′dy's-bow′er the only British species of clematis—also Traveller's joy; Lā′dy's-fing′er a name for many plants: a piece of confectionery; Lā′dyship the title of a lady; Lā′dy's-maid a female attendant on a lady esp. in matters relating to the toilet; Lādy's-man′tle a genus of herbaceous plants having small yellowish-green flowers; Lā′dy's-slipp′er a genus of orchidaceous plants remarkable for the large inflated lip of the corolla; Lā′dy's-smock the Bitter Cress a meadow-plant with whitish blush-coloured flowers.—Ladies' companion a small bag used for carrying women's work; Ladies' man one fond of women's society.—My ladyship Your ladyship a form of expression used in speaking to or of one who has the rank of a lady.
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Examples
- He gets worse instead of better, I think,' said the elder lady. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- There was an absence of all lady-like restraint in her language and manner most painful to see. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The lady was young, engaging, and handsome, but not marked for long life. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The first half-hour was lost, for Fanny and Lady Bertram were together, and unless she had Fanny to herself she could hope for nothing. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It ended in my moving into the house next Lady-day, and starting in practice on very much the same conditions as he had suggested. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- No my dear lady, in regard to my being employed just now, looking out for work. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- You talk in such a way about 'mamma' it is enough to make one jealous of the old lady. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Excuse me, Lady Dedlock, says Mr. Tulkinghorn, quite unmoved. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Lady Bertram was very well pleased to have it so, and the young ladies were in spirits again. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- You and I shall quarrel, Naumann, if you call that lady my aunt again. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was an officer in the Artillery, and a near relation to Lady Hyde Parker, I believe. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- His father was a farmer, that's true; but his mother was a sort of lady, as we know. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- My Lady Steyne, he said, once more will you have the goodness to go to the desk and write that card for your dinner on Friday? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Young lady, if my master don't fall out with me, I'll look down by the kiln by and by, where the boy will be most like, and again in the morning! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Sooth to say, they cannot go away too fast, for even here my Lady Dedlock has been bored to death. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Different benevolent-minded ladies and gentlemen in this neighbourhood and in London. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Be cautious then, young ladies; be wary how you engage. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Lady Bertram was very well pleased to have it so, and the young ladies were in spirits again. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He touched his hat politely to the ladies, and remarked that he supposed they had never seen so many live Yankees before in their lives. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The ladies were not really interested in Mrs. Struthers just then; the subject of Ellen Olenska was too fresh and too absorbing to them. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Mademoiselle, like most Belgian ladies, was specially skilful with her needle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I was quite helpless, and his ways with ladies were very endearing. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Dates make ladies nervous and stories dry. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The English men of fashion in Paris courted her, too, to the disgust of the ladies their wives, who could not bear the parvenue. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The ladies had not been long in the drawing-room, before the other ladies, in their different divisions, arrived. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Ladies,' roared Mr. Pickwick, rendered desperate by the danger of his situation. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I happened to remark to Mr. Rochester how much Adele wished to be introduced to the ladies, and he said: 'Oh! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Two young ladies have been staying here, but they went away yesterday, in despair; and no wonder. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The ladies of Gaunt House called Lady Bareacres in to their aid, in order to repulse the common enemy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I should speak of foreign dancers, and the West End of London, and May Fair, and lords and ladies and honourables. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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