Lady
The word lady is a polite term for a woman, specifically the female equivalent to, or spouse of, a lord or gentleman, and in many contexts a term for any adult woman. Once relating specifically to women of high social class or status, over the last 300 years it has spread to embrace all adult women, though in some contexts may still be used to evoke a concept of "ladylike" standards of behaviour.
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More definitions of "lady":
- (noun): A woman of the peerage in Britain.
Synonyms: noblewoman, peeress
- (noun): A woman of refinement.
Example: "A chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady"
Synonyms: dame, madam, ma'am, gentlewoman
Famous quotes containing the word lady:
“She was a charming middle-aged lady with a face like a bucket of mud. I gave her a drink. She was a gal who’d take a drink if she had to knock me down to get the bottle.”
—John Paxton (1911–1985)
“He was a young lady in so many ways. A Victorian lady. Somewhere inside him, there was an adolescent girl.”
—Leon Edel (b. 1907)
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)