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Definition: Meaning of, lady in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈleɪdi /

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lady ladies
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  1. a woman of a particular type or age
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  2. a word meaning woman, used especially to describe women's sports or products made for women
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  3. old-fashioned a word meaning woman, used in order to be polite [↪  gentleman]
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  4. a woman who is polite and behaves very well [↪  gentleman]
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  5. Lady used as the title of the wife or daughter of a British NOBLEMAN or the wife of a KNIGHT
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  6. the ladies British English a women's toilet [=  ladies' room AmE [↪  the gents']
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  7. the ladies a word meaning women, often used humorously
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  8. ladies spoken formal used to speak to a group of women
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  9. a woman, especially one with a strong character - used to show approval
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  10. lady friend a woman that a man is having a romantic relationship with - often used humorously [=  girlfriend]
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  11. lady of leisure a woman who does not work and has a lot of free time - used humorously
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  12. American English spoken used when talking directly to a woman you do not know, when you are angry with her
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  13. Our Lady an expression used to mean Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ
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  14. the lady of the house old-fashioned the most important woman in a house, usually the mother of a family
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  15. old-fashioned a woman born into a high social class in Britain
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  16. old-fashioned a man's wife
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Lady


Definition: Meaning of, Lady in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈleɪdi /

  • noun
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  • antonym
Word Forms:
Singular Plural
Lady ladies
British English
  1. a woman of the peerage in Britain
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    noblewoman, peeress
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Lady used in phrases

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    1. a lady fern with deeply cut leaf segments; found in the Rocky Mountains
  • American lady crab (noun)
    1. brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States
  • Bracknell, Lady
    1. a character in Oscar Wilde's play The IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
  • California lady's slipper (noun)
    1. often having many yellow-green orchids with white pouches growing along streams and seeps of southwestern Oregon and northern California
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  • English lady crab (noun)
    1. crab of the English coasts
  • Godiva, Lady
    1. an 11th-century British woman of high rank who, according to old stories, rode a horse through Coventry with no clothes on as a PROTEST, to persuade her husband to lower the local taxes
  • Grey, Lady Jane
    1. (1537-54) a woman who was queen of England for 9 days in 1553, before she was put in prison by Mary I, and later killed
  • Iron Lady (noun)
    1. born in 1925 british stateswoman; first woman to serve as Prime Minister
  • Iron Lady, the
    1. a name that was formerly used, especially in newspapers, for Margaret THATCHER when she was the British Prime Minister. She was called this because people thought of her as a strong leader who did not change her mind easily.
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