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What (who) is lady - definition
TITLE HELD BY ARISTOCRATIC OR NOBLE WOMEN
Ladies; My Lady; Gentlelady; My lady; Lady (word); Ladyship
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lady
(ladies)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
You can use lady when you are referring to a woman, especially when you are showing politeness or respect.
She's a very sweet old lady...
...a lady doctor.
...a cream-coloured lady's shoe.
N-COUNT
see also old lady
2.
You can say 'ladies' when you are addressing a group of women in a formal and respectful way.
Your table is ready, ladies, if you'd care to come through...
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
N-VOC [politeness]
3.
A lady is a woman from the upper classes, especially in former times.
Our governess was told to make sure we knew how to talk like English ladies.
N-COUNT
4.
In Britain, Lady is a title used in front of the names of some female members of the nobility, or the wives of knights.
My dear Lady Mary, how very good to see you.
N-TITLE
5.
If you say that a woman is a lady, you mean that she behaves in a polite, dignified, and graceful way.
His wife was great as well, beautiful-looking and a real lady...
N-COUNT
6.
People sometimes refer to a public toilet for women as the ladies. (BRIT INFORMAL)
At Temple station, Charlotte rushed into the Ladies.
N-SING: usu the N
7.
'Lady' is sometimes used by men as a form of address when they are talking to a woman that they do not know, especially in shops and in the street. (AM INFORMAL)
What seems to be the trouble, lady?...
N-VOC [politeness]
8.
lady
¦ noun (plural ladies)
1. (in polite or formal use) a woman.
2. a woman of superior social position.
(Lady) (in the UK) a title used by peeresses, female relatives of peers, the wives and widows of knights, etc.
a courteous or genteel woman.
3. (one's lady) dated a man's wife.
historical a woman to whom a knight is chivalrously devoted.
4. (the Ladies) Brit. a women's public toilet.
Phrases
find the lady another term for three-card trick.
it isn't over till the fat lady sings there is still time for a situation to change. [by assoc. with the final aria in tragic opera.]
Lady Muck see muck.
My Lady a polite form of address to female judges and certain noblewomen.
Derivatives
ladyhood noun
Word History
The forerunner of the word lady in Old English was hlfdige, meaning the female head of a household, or a woman to whom homage or obedience was due, such as the wife of a lord or, specifically, the Virgin Mary. The word came from hlaf 'loaf' and a Germanic base meaning 'knead' which is related to dough and dairy; thus a lady was a 'loaf kneader'. The word lord developed in a similar way; in Old English it literally meant 'bread keeper'.
lady
n.
1) a leading; young lady
2) (esp. AE) the first lady ('wife of the President or of a state governor')
3) (esp. AE) a bag lady ('a destitute woman living on the streets')
4) (misc.) the first lady of the American theater
Wikipedia
Lady
The word lady is a term for a girl or woman, with various connotations. Once used to describe only women of a high social class or status, the equivalent of lord, now it may refer to any adult woman, as gentleman can be used for men. Informal use is sometimes euphemistic ("lady of the night" for prostitute) or, in American slang, condescending in direct address (equivalent to "mister" or "man").
"Lady" is also a formal title in the United Kingdom. "Lady" is used before the family name of a woman with a title of nobility or honorary title suo jure (in her own right), or the wife of a lord, a baronet, Scottish feudal baron, laird, or a knight, and also before the first name of the daughter of a duke, marquess, or earl.
Examples of use of lady
1. That lady is still weeping." Lizette is that lady.
2. The first of these was Lady Hafsah, his own daughter; the second was Lady Umm Salamah who was related to him; and the third was Lady Ayesha.
3. Yesterday, America lost an extraordinary first lady and a fine Texan, Lady Bird Johnson.
4. Yes. The lady –– all right. The gentleman right there and then the lady next to him.
5. "The young lady seemed to be a very happy lady," Holloway said.