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  • 51Lady Di — Diana beim Besuch der englischen Stadt Bristol, 1987 Diana Frances Mountbatten Windsor, Kronprinzessin von Großbritannien und Nordirland, Fürstin von Wales (* 1. Juli 1961 als Diana Frances Spencer in Sandringham, Norfolk, England; † 31. August… …

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  • 52lady */*/*/ — UK [ˈleɪdɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms lady : singular lady plural ladies used for talking about a woman. Some people think this use is polite but other people think it is old fashioned and prefer to use woman Go and ask that lady over… …

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  • 53lady, my —    This expression would be used by a servant to address the wife of a peer or a peeress in her own right. Other speakers would use ‘Lady’ + last name, or a polite term such as ‘Madam’, or if their relationship with the woman in question… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 54lady — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ elderly, middle aged, old, young ▪ A little old lady opened the door. ▪ attractive, beautiful, lovely …

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  • 55lady — la|dy [ leıdi ] noun count *** used for talking about a woman. Some people think this use is polite but other people think it is old fashioned and prefer to use woman : Go and ask that lady over there. There was a young lady standing outside the… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 56Lady — (Voz inglesa.) ► sustantivo femenino Título británico de honor que se da a las señoras de la nobleza. IRREG. plural ladys tb:ladi * * * lady (ingl.; pronunc. [léidi]) f. *Tratamiento dado en Inglaterra a las señoras de la nobleza. * * * lady.… …

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  • 57lady — /ˈleɪdi / (say laydee) noun (plural ladies) 1. a woman of good family or social position, or of good breeding, refinement, etc. (correlative of gentleman). 2. (a polite term for any woman): the ladies should go to the left. 3. (upper case) a. (a… …

  • 58lady — n. 1) a leading; young lady 2) (esp. AE) the first lady ( wife of the President or of a state governor ) 3) (esp. AE) a bag lady ( a destitute woman living on the streets ) 4) (misc.) the first lady of the American theater * * * [ leɪdɪ] young… …

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  • 59lady —    a prostitute    As in the oldest joke:     Who was that lady I saw you with last night? That was no lady. That was my wife.    A lady s college was a brothel where you might contract lady s fever, syphilis. Also as ladyboarder, lady of a… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 60lady — noun (plural ladies) 1》 (in polite or formal use) a woman. 2》 a woman of superior social position.     ↘(Lady) (in the UK) a title used by peeresses, female relatives of peers, the wives and widows of knights, etc.     ↘a courteous or genteel… …

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