Lady

Noun

 * 1)  The mistress of a household.
 * 2) 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".
 * 1) The feminine of lord.
 * 2) A title for someone married to a lord.
 * 3) A title for somebody married to a gentleman.
 * 4) A title that can be used instead of the formal terms of marchioness, countess, viscountess or baroness.
 * 5) A polite term referring to a woman.
 * Please direct this lady to the soft furnishings department.
 * 1) * Usage note: also used by children as a general term for an adult female (e.g. There's some lady at the library who will give you a library card and then you can borrow one of those books too.)
 * 2) (ladies; in plural only) A polite  form of address to women
 * Ladies and gentlemen, it is a pleasure to ...
 * Follow me, ladies!
 * Hey, lady, move your car!
 * 1) (ladies' or ladies) Toilets intended for use by women.
 * 2)  An affectionate term for one's wife or girlfriend.
 * But soft, what light through yonder window breaks...? It is my lady, O it is my love! -Romeo and Juliet
 * 1)  a queen (the playing card)
 * 2)  (attributive) (with a professional title) Who is a woman.
 * A lady doctor.
 * A lady doctor.

Derived terms

 * bag lady
 * charlady
 * dragon lady
 * the First Lady
 * forelady
 * gray lady
 * ladies and gentlemen
 * lady's bedstraw
 * lady's eardrop
 * lady's laces
 * lady's man
 * lady's mantle
 * lady's slipper
 * lady's thistle
 * lady's thumb
 * lady abbess
 * lady beetle
 * lady bird/lady-bird/ladybird
 * Lady Bountifel
 * lady bug/lady-bug/ladybug
 * Lady Campbell
 * lady chapel
 * ladyclock
 * lady crab
 * Lady Day
 * lady fern/lady-fern
 * lady's finger
 * ladyfinger
 * lady friend
 * Lady Godiva
 * lady-in-waiting


 * lady killer, lady-killer, ladykiller
 * ladylike
 * ladylove
 * Lady Macbeth strategy
 * Lady McLeod
 * lady of pleasure
 * lady of the house
 * lady of the night
 * lady or tiger
 * ladyship
 * lady smock
 * landlady
 * leading lady
 * lollipop lady
 * lunch lady/lunch-lady/lunchlady
 * m'lady/malady/milady
 * naked lady
 * no way to treat a lady
 * old lady
 * one fat lady
 * Our Lady
 * painted lady
 * Pink Lady/pink lady
 * saleslady
 * Tupperware lady
 * two fat ladies
 * saleslady
 * white lady
 * young lady



Adjectives for Lady
demure; spare; grave; worthy; estimable; double-dealing; venerable; generous; gallant; out-sized; perennial; gracious; blushing; haughty; pitiful; excellent; accomplished; wretched; audacious; quick-fingered; quick-witted; quick-eyed; sacred; horny-handed; virtuous; sweet; innocent; good-natured; courageous; beauteous; incredulous; celestial; disloyal; hopeful; miserable; conventional; decorous; well-mannered; dejected; soft-spoken; square-faced; starched; profound; interested; autocratic; languid; well-brought-up; masterful; delicate; highbred; pink-cheeked; reverend; vixenish; colossal; dignified; elderly; flustered; skeptical; diminutive; blameless; giddy; charming; gentle; fortunate; little; chubby; prudent; pleasant-spoken; exotic; sentimental; thrice-fair;  pleasant-spirited;   desolate;   poor; wrong; chic; acidulated; chaste; agreeable; prepossessing; illustrious; elegant; glittering; ingenuous; favorite; metallic; solicitous; pearly-robed.

Thesaurus 1
Dulcinea, Eve, Frau, Fraulein, Miss, Mistress, Mlle, Mme, Mmes, acceptable person, archduchess, baroness, best girl, better half, capital fellow, common-law wife, concubine, countess, dame, daughter of Eve, diamond, distaff, domina, dona, donna, dowager, dream girl, duchess, faithful, feme, feme covert, femme, frow, galantuomo, gem, gentilhomme, gentleman, gentlewoman, gill, girl, girl friend, good fellow, good lot, good man, good person, good sort, good woman, goodwife, goody, grand duchess, helpmate, helpmeet, honest man, honest woman, inamorata, jewel, jill, jo, khanum, lady love, lass, lassie, madam, madame, mademoiselle, man of honor, marchioness, margravine, married woman, matron, mem-sahib, mensch, mesdames, milady, mistress, noblewoman, old lady, old woman, pearl, peeress, perfect gentleman, perfect lady, persona grata, prince, real lady, real man, rib, right sort, rough diamond, senhora, senhorita, signora, signorina, squaw, straight shooter, true blue, truepenny, trusty, viscountess, vrouw, wahine, weaker vessel, wedded wife, wife, woman, woman of honor, worthy

Thesaurus 2
Eminence, Grace, Her Excellency, Her Highness, Her Ladyship, Her Majesty, Highness, His Lordship, His Majesty, Honor, Imperial Highness, Imperial Majesty, Ladyship, Lord, Lordship, Majesty, My Lady, My Lord, Reverence, Royal Highness, Royal Majesty, Serene Highness, Worship, Your Lordship, milady, milord

Etymology
From lady:, laddy:, lafdi:, lavedi:, from  hlæfdige:, from hlaf: + dige:, related to  dæge:. Compare also. More at, ,.

Translations

 * Armenian: տանտիկին (tantikin)
 * Irish:
 * Latin:
 * Old English:
 * Romanian: doamnă


 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: baintighearna
 * Serbo-Croatian: gospodarica, gazdarica
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Afrikaans: dame
 * Arabic: خاتون
 * Breton: itron
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 女士, 貴婦,
 * Cornish: arloedhes
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: sinjorino
 * French:
 * Georgian: ქალბატონი
 * German:
 * Greek: κυρία (kuria)


 * Irish: bean uasal, bantiarna
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, レディ,  淑女
 * Latin:
 * Manx: benchiarn
 * Old English:, , ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: bean-uasal, baintighearna , bana-mhorair
 * Spanish: ,
 * Welsh: arglwyddes, boneddiges


 * Afrikaans: haar ladyskap edele
 * Breton: itron
 * Cornish: arloedhes
 * Dutch:
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, レディ
 * Latin:


 * Manx: benchiarn
 * Old English:, , ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: lady, doamnă
 * Russian:,  ,  ,  барыня
 * Scottish Gaelic: baintighearna
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh:


 * Afrikaans: dame
 * Arabic: (sayyída),  (sayyidáti)  (my lady),  (ʼustāḏa) ,  سيدة,   سيدتي,  أستاذة
 * Armenian:
 * Breton: itron
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German: Dame, meine Dame ,
 * Hebrew: גברת /ge'veret/
 * Hungarian: Hölgy
 * Irish: bean uasal


 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 奥様 (おくさま, okusama), 奥様,  貴婦人
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: dama
 * Romanian: doamnă
 * Russian: госпожа (gospožá), дама (dáma) , мадам (madám) , сударыня (sudárynja)
 * Scottish Gaelic: bean-uasal
 * Spanish: ,
 * Telugu: మహిళ (mahila)
 * Volapük: läd


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 女廁所, 女厕所
 * Dutch: damestoilet
 * German: Damentoilette
 * Hungarian: hölgyek, női mosdó, női WC


 * Japanese: 女性用トイレ
 * Portuguese: damas, elas
 * Romanian: dame, femei
 * Russian: женский туалет

Noun

 * 1) lady (wife of a lord; important woman)

Etymology
From

Noun

 * 1) lady (wife of a lord; important woman)

Etymology
From

Noun

 * 1)  (important woman)