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Definition of Lady

Lady A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household. A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart. A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right. A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman. A wife; -- not now in approved usage. The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates. Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike. The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation. Related Definitions: After, An, Annunciation, Any, Apparatus, Approved, Authority, Baron, Baronet, Becoming, Belonging, Bound, But, By, Calcareous, Called, Correlative, Courtesy, Day, Devoted, Distinction, Domestic, Earl, Family, Fancied, Father, Female, Feminine, Figure, From, Gentle, Gentleman, Having, Head, Homage, Household, Husband, Has, In, Is, It, Knight, Lady, Ladylike, Lobster, Lord, Lower, March, Mary, Mistress, Name, Nobleman, Not, Now, Of, One, Or, Paid, Particular, Position, Prefixed, Proprietary, Rank, Refined, Resemblance, Right, Seated, See, So, Social, Stomach, Sweetheart, Than, The, Title, To, Triturating, Usage, Virgin, Was, Well-Bred, Who, Whom, Whose, Wife, Woman

Lady Quotations The lady doth protest too much, methinks. William Shakespeare Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt. William Shakespeare No lady is ever a gentleman. James Branch Cabell Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream. Mark Twain I'm being treated like a sex object, cried the lady. No matter. I will take care of it, said Time soothingly. Mason Cooley

Lady Translations lady in Danish is dame lady in Dutch is dame lady in German is Dame lady in Latin is era, domina lady in Norwegian is frue, dame lady in Portuguese is senhora lady in Spanish is dama lady in Swedish is kvinna, fru, dam, dam

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