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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’
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