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Definition of Lady
1. Noun. A polite name for any woman. "A nice lady at the library helped me"
2. Noun. A woman of refinement. "A chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady"
Specialized synonyms: Grande Dame, Madame
Generic synonyms: Adult Female, Woman
3. Noun. A woman of the peerage in Britain.
Group relationships: Baronage, Peerage
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Specialized synonyms: Baroness, Countess, Duchess, Lady-in-waiting, Marchioness, Marquise, Milady
Generic synonyms: Female Aristocrat
Specialized synonyms: Borgia, Duchess Of Ferrara, Lucrezia Borgia, Godiva, Lady Godiva, Amy Lyon, Hamilton, Lady Emma Hamilton
Antonyms: Lord, Nobleman
Definition of Lady
1. n. A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.
2. a. Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.
Definition of Lady
1. Noun. An aristocratic title for a woman; the wife of a lord and/or a woman who holds the position in her own right; a title for a peeress, the wife of a peer or knight, and the daughters and daughters-in-law of certain peers. ¹
2. Noun. (UK birdwatching) Lady Amherst's pheasant. ¹
3. Noun. (context: Wicca) A high priestess ¹
4. Proper noun. The title for the (primary) female deity in female-centered religions ¹
5. Proper noun. (context: in particular) The major supernatural figurehead in the Wiccan religion, a triune goddess split into the Mother, Maiden, and Crone. ¹
6. Noun. (historical) The mistress of a household. ¹
7. Noun. A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority. ¹
8. Noun. The feminine of lord. ¹
9. Noun. A title for someone married to a lord. ¹
10. Noun. A title for somebody married to a gentleman. ¹
11. Noun. A title that can be used instead of the formal terms of marchioness, countess, viscountess or baroness. ¹
12. Noun. A polite term referring to a woman. ¹
13. Noun. ('''ladies'''; ''in plural only'') A polite form of address to women ¹
14. Noun. (slang) (non-gloss definition Used to address a female) ¹
15. Noun. ('''ladies'''' ''or'' '''ladies''') Toilets intended for use by women. ¹
16. Noun. (context: familiar) An affectionate term for one's wife or girlfriend. ¹
17. Noun. (slang) a queen (the playing card) ¹
18. Noun. (archaic) (''attributive'') (with a professional title) Who is a woman. ¹
19. Noun. (context: Wicca) (alternative form of Lady) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lady
1. a woman of refinement and gentle manners [n -DIES]
Medical Definition of Lady
1.
Origin: OE. Ladi, laefdi, AS. Hlfdige, hlfdie; AS. Hlaf 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." "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.
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