The meaning of Lady

noun

The wife or widow of a baron. baroness is not used as a form of address, baronesses usually being referred to as ‘lady’.

Usage examples:

We're all expected to be there, and all the nobles will be there - lords, ladies, counts, viscounts…

noun

A low-ranking female member of the nobility (= group of people from a high social class)

noun

A warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate animal distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, a beak, and typically by being able to fly.

Usage examples:

I am currently using turkey feathers to fletch with, after spending half a day on a commercial turk…

noun

The wife or widow of a count or earl.

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The wives of a king, prince, duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron are queen, princess, duchess,…

noun

A woman of high social rank, or the wife of a count or earl

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The countess of abingdon

noun

(in the uk) the title given to a woman with the rank of knight commander or holder of the grand cross in the orders of chivalry.

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Dame vera lynn

noun

A young unmarried woman.

Usage examples:

The young damsel has been captured by baddie pirate barbossa because she possesses a rare coin.

noun

A young woman who is not married

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The heroine in this movie isn’t like some damsel in distress (= woman needing a man’s help) waiting…

noun

The wife or widow of a duke.

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There are the kings and queens, princes and princesses, dukes and duchesses, and barons.

noun

(in some countries) the title of a woman who has a very high social rank, or who is the wife of a duke, or the person of that rank

adjective

Of or denoting the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs, distinguished biologically by the production of gametes (ova) which can be fertilized by male gametes.

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A herd of female deer

noun

A female animal or plant.

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Females may lay several hundred eggs in two to four weeks

adjective

Of the sex that can produce eggs and give birth to young

Usage examples:

There are now more opportunities for female (= women) athletes in universities., the number of fema…

noun

A title or form of address for a german-speaking woman.

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Frau nordern

noun

A girl or young woman.

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Pedal pushers and prom queens, floral corsages and full skirts, gingham checks and clinched waists …

noun

A unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimetre per second per second.

abbreviation

Gallon(s).

noun

A woman of noble birth or good social standing.

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When she was informed of his identity, she countered that she was a gentlewoman of some birth herse…

noun

A female child.

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A six-year-old girl

noun

A female child or, more generally, a female of any age

Usage examples:

Two little girls showed us around the kindergarten., the girls’ basketball team is undefeated., we …

noun

A girl or young woman.

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He married a lass from yorkshire

noun

A girl or young woman.

Usage examples:

I'm going to see a wee lassie tonight

noun

A girl or young woman

noun

A female domestic servant.

Usage examples:

Mary eventually managed to find a job as a maid

noun

A woman who is employed to clean hotel rooms and make them neat, or a woman who is a servant in a person’s home

Usage examples:

We left a note in our room for the maid to give us extra towels.

noun

A woman who works as a servant in a hotel or in someone's home

Usage examples:

In the beach resort, the apartments and villas have daily maid service., in california many illegal…

noun

A woman who belongs by rank, title, or birth to the aristocracy; a peeress.

Usage examples:

The book belonged variously to an english lady, a scottish noblewoman and thereafter to members of …

noun

A female member of the nobility (= the highest social rank in a society)

noun

A woman holding the rank of a peer in her own right.

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Thus equipped, she was crowned, with all the trumpets sounding; and, though our account does not me…

noun

A title or form of address used of or to a spanish-speaking woman, corresponding to mrs or madam.

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Señora dolores

noun

A girl or woman.

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A female may be my sheila, my bird, my charley, my good sort, my hot-drop, my judy or my wife, but …

noun

A girl or a woman

noun

A title or form of address used of or to an italian-speaking married woman, corresponding to mrs or madam.

Usage examples:

Good night, signora

noun

A woman or girl in relation to other daughters and sons of her parents.

Usage examples:

I had nine brothers and sisters

noun

A female who has the same parents as another person

Usage examples:

An older/younger sister, a sorority sister

adjective

Used to describe one of the organizations or companies in a pair or group of similar organizations when referring to it in relation to the others

Usage examples:

The competition is being run in conjunction with our sister publication money observer., sister com…

noun

The wife or widow of a viscount.

Usage examples:

The wives of a king, prince, duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron are queen, princess, duchess,…

noun

A woman who has the rank of viscount, or a woman who is married to a viscount

noun

A married woman considered in relation to her spouse.

Usage examples:

He and his wife are keen gardeners

noun

The woman to whom a man is married; a married woman

noun

A condescending way of referring to a person's wife.

Usage examples:

Did you see wifey's face at the press conference?

noun

An adult female human being.

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A drawing of a young woman

combining form

In nouns denoting a woman of a specified nationality or origin.

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Englishwoman

noun

An adult female human being

Usage examples:

Our chief of police is a woman, and our mayor is a woman, too., she is an active, elderly woman., m…