Meaning

(historical) The mistress of a household..

Definitions by Sense

1. (historical) The mistress of a household.
2. A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
3. The feminine of lord, a lordess.
4. A title for someone married to a lord or gentleman.
5. A title that can be used instead of the formal terms of marchioness, countess, viscountess, or baroness.
6. (polite or used by children) A woman: an adult female human.
7. (in the plural) A polite reference or form of address to women.
8. (slang) Used to address a female.

Example Sentences

"I would like the dining room to be fully set by tonight; would you do so?" "Yes, my lady."

‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”.[…]’.

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.

’T was the proudest hall in the North Countree, And never its gates might opened be, Save to lord or lady of high decree[…]

Please direct this lady to the soft furnishings department.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is a pleasure to be here today. Follow me, ladies!

The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.

Hey, lady, move your car!

Word Forms

• ladies
• ladying
• ladied

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Use lady when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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