lady
see also: Lady
Pronunciation
Lady
Noun
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see also: Lady
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈleɪdi/
lady (plural ladies)
- (historical) The mistress of a household.
- A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
- "I would like the dining room to be fully set by tonight; would you do so?" "Yes, my lady".
- The feminine of lord.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene i], page 283 ↗, column 2:
- Of all theſe bounds euen from this Line, to this, / With ſhadowie Forreſts, and with Champains rich’d / With plenteous Riuers, and wide-ſkirted Meades / We make thee Lady.
- A title for someone married to a lord or gentleman.
- A title that can be used instead of the formal terms of marchioness, countess, viscountess or baroness.
- (polite or used by children) A woman: an adult female human.
- Please direct this lady to the soft furnishings department.
- (in the plural) A polite reference or form of address to women.
- Ladies and gentlemen, it is a pleasure to be here today. Follow me, ladies!
- (slang) Used to address a female.
- Hey, lady, move your car!
- Hey, lady/ladies, how are you doing?
- (ladies' or ladies) Toilets intended for use by women.
- (familiar) A wife or girlfriend; a sweetheart.
- c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):, [Act II, scene ii]
- It is my Lady, O it is my Loue, O that ſhe knew ſhe were, / She ſpeaks, yet ſhe ſays nothing, what of that?
- A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound.
- The ſoldier here his waſted ſtore ſupplies, / And takes new valor from the Ladies’ eyes.
- (slang) A queen the playing card.
- (attributive, with a professional title) Who is a woman.
- A lady doctor.
- (Wicca) Alternative form of Lady.
- The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster, consisting of calcareous plates; so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure.
- (UK, slang) A five-pound note. (Rhyming slang, Lady Godiva for fiver.)
- (slang) A woman’s breast.
- German: Herrin des Hauses, Hausherrin, Ehefrau des Hausherrn, Frau des Hauses
- Portuguese: ama
- Russian: хозя́йка
- Spanish: ama
- French: dame, madame
- German: Dame
- Italian: signora, dama
- Portuguese: senhora, dona, dama
- Russian: (indecl) ле́ди
- Spanish: señora, dama
- French: dame, madame
- German: Frau, Herrin, Dame
- Italian: signora
- Portuguese: senhora
- Russian: ле́ди
- Spanish: señora
- French: dame
- German: Dame, meine Dame, Madam, verehrte Frau
- Italian: signora, dama
- Portuguese: dama, moça
- Russian: госпожа́
- Spanish: señora, dama
- German: Damentoilette
- Portuguese: damas, elas
- Russian: же́нский туале́т
- Spanish: baño de damas
Lady
Noun
lady
- 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.
- Sir John Smith and Lady Smith.
- Would Lady Macbeth care for dessert?
- 1893, Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan i 1
- How do you do, Lady Windermere?
- (UK, birdwatching) Lady Amherst's pheasant.
- (Wicca) A high priestess.
- French: Dame, Madame
- German: Frau, Herrin, Dame
- Italian: Signora
- Portuguese: Senhora
- Russian: ле́ди
- Spanish: Señora
- The title for the (primary) female deity in female-centered religions.
- My Lady, will you not take pity on me?
- (in particular) The major supernatural figurehead in the Wiccan religion, a triune goddess split into the Mother, Maiden, and Crone.
- 2002, A.J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 90 ↗:
- ...different stages of life as represented by our Lady as Maiden, Mother, and Crone, as well as our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.
- 2003, Carl McColman, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Paganism, page 46 ↗:
- The Lord and the Lady Actually, when I say that Wicca is a Goddess tradition, I'm really only telling half of the story.
- 2004, Aurora Greenbough, Cathy Jewell, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Spells and Spellcraft, page 9 ↗:
- The Lady is often thought of as having three aspects: Maiden, Mother, and Crone.
- 2002, A.J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 90 ↗:
- (religious senses) Goddess
- (Wicca) Lord, Horned God, God
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