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1. (n.) lady
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken.
2. lady
a woman of high social position or economic class.
3. lady
any woman; female (sometimes used in combination):
the lady who answered the phone; a saleslady.
4. lady
(used in direct address: often offensive in the singular):
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome. Lady, you're in my way.
5. lady
wife:
The ambassador and his lady arrived late.
6. lady
Slang. a female lover or steady companion.
7. lady
(cap.) (in Great Britain) the proper title of any woman whose husband is higher in rank than baronet or knight, or who is the daughter of a nobleman not lower than an earl, often given by courtesy to the wife of a baronet or knight.
8. lady
a woman who has proprietary rights or authority, as over a manor; female feudal superior.
9. lady
(cap.)
10. lady
a woman who is the object of chivalrous devotion.
11. lady
(usu. cap.)
12. lady
an attribute or abstraction personified as a woman:
Lady Fortune; Lady Virtue.
13. (adj.) lady
Sometimes Offensive. female:
a lady reporter.
Etymology: (1875–80)
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| Definition of 'Lady' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) lady
a polite name for any woman
"a nice lady at the library helped me"
2. (noun) dame, madam, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman
a woman of refinement
"a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady"
3. (noun) Lady, noblewoman, peeress
a woman of the peerage in Britain
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1. (noun) lady
a woman, used to be polite
The lady in the red jacket will help you.; Ladies and Gentlemen, please take your seats.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Lady
belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike
2. (noun) Lady
a woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household
3. (noun) Lady
a woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord
4. (noun) Lady
a woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart
5. (noun) Lady
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
6. (noun) Lady
a woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman
7. (noun) Lady
a wife; -- not now in approved usage
8. (noun) Lady
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
9. Lady
the day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation
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Sense: a more polite form of woman
Tell that child to stand up and let that lady sit down; The lady in the flower shop said that roses are expensive just now; Ladies' shoes are upstairs in this shop; (
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 Afrikaans: dame |
 Arabic: سَيِّدَه، إمْرأه |
 Bulgarian: жена |
 Brazilian: senhora |
 Czech: dáma, paní; ženský |
 German: die Dame, weiblich |
 Danish: dame; dame-; kvindelig |
 Greek: κυρία |
 Spanish: señora, dama |
 Estonian: proua |
 Farsi: خانم |
 Finnish: nainen |
 French: dame; femme |
 Hebrew: אִישָה, גְבֶרֶת |
 Hindi: स्त्री, औरत, महिला |
 Croatian: gospođa, dama |
 Hungarian: hölgy |
 Indonesian: wanita |
 Icelandic: dama, kona |
 Italian: signora, donna |
 Japanese: 婦人 |
 Korean: 숙녀, 부인 |
 Lithuanian: ponia, moteris |
 Latvian: kundze; dāma |
 Malay: wanita |
 Dutch: dame |
 Norwegian: dame, frue |
 Polish: pani, dama |
 Persian: خانم |
 Pashto: ميرمن |
 Portuguese: senhora |
 Romanian: doamnă; femeie |
 Russian: дама |
 Slovak: dáma, pani; ženský |
 Slovenian: gospa,ženska; ženski |
 Serbian: žena, dama |
 Swedish: dam |
 Thai: คุณผู้หญิง |
 Turkish: hanım |
 Taiwanese: 女士 |
 Ukrainian: дама, пані |
 Urdu: خاتون، معزز خاتون |
 Vietnamese: quý bà |
 Chinese: 女士 |
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