lady
71Lady — noun a) An aristocratic title for a woman; the wife of a lord and/or a woman who holds the position in her own right; a title for a peeress, the wife of a peer or knight, and the daughters and daughters in law of certain peers …
72lady — noun /ˈleɪdi/ a) The mistress of a household. I would like the dining room to be fully set by tonight; would you do so? Yes, my lady . b) A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority. Please direct this lady to the soft furnishings… …
73Lady — Early use of the word referred to the mistress of a private household, the OldEngl. hlaefdige; it was also the female equivalent of a lord and title of the king s wife in the 10c and 11c. Later, lady acquired the poetic sense of a woman who was… …
74lady — (lé di) s. f. Titre donné, en Angleterre, aux femmes des lords et des chevaliers, et, par courtoisie, aux filles des lords et des chevaliers baronnets, en y joignant le nom de baptême. Lady Marie. Lady Betty. Au plur. Des ladys. Quelques… …
75Lady — Provenance. Vient du vieil anglais ladde Signifie: jeune garçon, serviteur Fête indéterminée. Histoire. Ce prénom est construit sur un nom commun anglais. En france, il a donné Lad jeune garçon d écuries. Lady est aussi un titre honorifique pour… …
76Lady — 1) LADY, an isle, in the parish of Dundonald, county of Ayr, 5 miles (S. S. W.) from Irvine, and 5 (N. W. by N.) from Ayr. This island is situated in the Frith of Clyde, about two miles and a half from Troon, the nearest point of the main land …
77lady — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gentlewoman, madam, dowager; noblewoman. See nobility, female. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A woman] Syn. female, adult, matron; see woman 1 . 2. [A ladylike woman] Syn. well bred woman, dame, woman of good …
78Lady — La|dy [ leıdi ] 1. ) used as a title of a woman who is a PEERESS, the wife or daughter of a PEER or the wife of a KNIGHT: Lady Diana Spencer 2. ) used as part of some official titles in the U.K.: Thank you, Lady Mayoress …
79lady — [OE] Originally, the term lady denoted a ‘kneader of bread’. It comes from Old English hloefdige, a compound formed from hlǣf ‘bread’ (ancestor of modern English loaf) and an element *dig ‘knead’ (related to English dough). It is a measure of the …
80lady — n 1. gentlewoman, noblewoman, milady, dona, donna, (in India) begum; countess, duchess, marchioness, margravine, archduchess, viscountess, peeress, baroness; princess, maharanee, (in India) ranee, queen, empress, czarina, czarevna, first lady. 2 …
