ladies and gentlemen
Noun
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Noun
- Used to address an audience.
- 1996, The Cambridge History of American Literature, volume 8, Poetry and criticism, 1940-1995 (edited by Sacvan Bercovitch), page 408:
- […] a Master of Ceremonies' words "Ladies and gentlemen" […] interpellates those being addressed as an audience, and one that is differentiated by gender.
- 1996, The Cambridge History of American Literature, volume 8, Poetry and criticism, 1940-1995 (edited by Sacvan Bercovitch), page 408:
- (rare and euphemism) Public toilets: a ladies' room and a gentlemen's room.
- 1941, Joyce Cary, Herself Surprised, Ch. xliv, p. 108:
- There are quays there and lamps and some squares of grass; a ladies and gentlemen, and a cinema.
- 1941, Joyce Cary, Herself Surprised, Ch. xliv, p. 108:
- French: Mesdames et Messieurs
- German: Damen und Herren, meine Damen und Herren, (ironic) Herrschaften
- Italian: signore e signori
- Portuguese: senhoras e senhores
- Russian: господа́
- Spanish: señoras y señores, damas y caballeros
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