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LADY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman of refinement
Example:
a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady
Synonyms:
dame; gentlewoman; lady; ma'am; madam
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lady" is a kind of...):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lady"):
grande dame (a middle-aged or elderly woman who is stylish and highly respected)
madame (title used for a married Frenchwoman)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A woman of the peerage in Britain
Synonyms:
Lady; noblewoman; peeress
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Lady" is a kind of...):
female aristocrat (a woman who is an aristocrat)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Lady"):
baroness (a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron)
countess (female equivalent of a count or earl)
duchess (the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right)
lady-in-waiting (a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess)
marchioness; marquise (a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess)
Milady (an English noblewoman)
Instance hyponyms:
Borgia; Duchess of Ferrara; Lucrezia Borgia (Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519))
Godiva; Lady Godiva (according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080))
Amy Lyon; Hamilton; Lady Emma Hamilton (English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815))
Holonyms ("Lady" is a member of...):
baronage; peerage (the peers of a kingdom considered as a group)
Antonym:
Lord (a titled peer of the realm)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A polite name for any woman
Example:
a nice lady at the library helped me
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("lady" is a kind of...):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lady"):
begum (a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan)
Context examples:
“And what then, lady?” asked Alleyne.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He spent his day, as the manager described it to me, upon a lounge-chair on the veranda, with an attendant lady upon either side of him.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You’d make werry good ladies’ maids, the most of you, but you took the wrong turnin’ ven you came into the ring.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He did not know whether he would find Oz a lovely Lady or a Head, but he hoped it would be the lovely Lady.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
I am here obliged to vindicate the reputation of an excellent lady, who was an innocent sufferer upon my account.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
As he held Ruth in his arms and soothed her, he took great consolation in the thought that the Colonel's lady and Judy O'Grady were pretty much alike under their skins.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The young lady resumed her seat with an air of displeasure.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Can your name be RUMPELSTILTSKIN?” said the lady slyly.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
His son was bred in the service of his country, and Agatha had ranked with ladies of the highest distinction.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
“Where can he be?” said Catherine, looking round; but she had not looked round long before she saw him leading a young lady to the dance.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
