lady

Definitions


[ˈleɪdi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a polite or formal way of referring to a woman
(e.g: I spoke to the lady at the travel agency)

- a woman of good social position
(e.g: lords and ladies were once entertained at the house)

- a man's wife
(e.g: the vice president and his lady)

- a women's public toilet


Phrases:
- Lady Bountiful
- Lady Luck
- Lady Muck
- My Lady
- it isn't over till the fat lady sings
- ladies who lunch

Origin:
Old English hlǣfdīge (denoting a woman to whom homage or obedience is due, such as the wife of a lord, also specifically the Virgin Mary), from hlāf ‘loaf’ + a Germanic base meaning ‘knead’, related to dough; compare with lord. In Lady Day and other compounds where it signifies possession, it represents the Old English genitive hlǣfdīgan ‘(Our) Lady's’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries