LADIES

Definition: LADIES

LADIES

Plural

1. Of Lady

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "LADIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: LADIES

Oh, come on, ladies! God wouldn't have given you maracas if He didn't want you to shake 'em (Dirty Dancing; writing credit: Eleanor Bergstein)

: Your honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, this is irrefutable evidence that the defendant is guilty (Catch Me If You Can; writing credit: Frank Abagnale Jr.; Stan Redding)

Drink up while it's cold, ladies. (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

Ladies, please (Hollow Man; writing credit: Gary Scott Thompson; Andrew W. Marlowe)

Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say Ni at will to old ladies. There is a pestilence upon this land, nothing is sacred (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese)

There was three young ladies in the school gym locker ("Walk This Way"; performing artist: Aerosmith)

And the ladies love the way we sing, (Blow Your Mind; performing artist: Baha Men)

But just like that Barenaked Ladies song, (Extra Ordinary; performing artist: Better Than Ezra)

Hey Ladies, (Hit 'em up Style (Oops!); performing artist: Blu Cantrell)

She was the same as a hundred ladies (Ebony Eyes; performing artist: Bob Welch; writing credit: Bob Welch)

No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the presence of ladies. (references; author: Mark Twain)

The ladies of the Church have cast off old clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon. (references; author: unknown)

Ladies (2002)

Leading ladies (2001)

Ladies Room (1999)

A Knife for the Ladies (1974)

Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (1973)

Sail Away, Ladies (performing artist: John Koerner)

Ladies and Gentleman!! (performing artist: OPPA 007)

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Books

• Crazy Ladies (reference)

• Lords and Ladies (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Usa Ladies & Girls Wear (reference)

• Ladies Home Journal (reference)

• Passion Magazine - Ladies Ed (reference)

• Ladies View (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Barenaked Ladies - Barelaked Nadies (reference)

• The Ladies Man (reference)

• The Ladies Sing the Blues (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Great Ladies Sing Gershwin (reference)

• Sophisticated Ladies (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Atomix/Sync-Time 5013 Atomic Ladies "Maximillian Mesh" Watch (reference)

• Motion Systems Ladies Microfiber Laptop Case (FM100BLK) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Conair LWD350 Ladies Wet/Dry Rechargeable Shaver (reference)

• P-T Templet T3D69-88 Ladies Restroom Sign (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Colorful parasols offer ladies stylish protection from harmful rays of sun. Credit: CDC.

Obesity Belts : For Ladies and Gentlemen. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

At the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, after salvage, circa 1865. Two ladies are standing on her deck, near a section of displaced casemate armor. Credit: NAVY.

Line engraving after a drawing by Homer, published in "Harper's Weekly", Volume VII, January-June 1863, page 268, depicting an anxious scene aboard a merchant ship as the Confederate cruiser Alabama comes up. This may represent the capture of the California mail steamer Ariel off Cuba on 7 December 1862, as there were many ladies among the prize ship's passengers. Credit: NAVY.

Chicora the original name of Carolina. Respectfully dedicated to the patriotic ladies of the Southern Confederated States of North American. Credit: Library of Congress.

Ladies parlour at Willard's Hotel, Washington. Credit: Library of Congress.

Society ladies announce intention to fly -- news item. Credit: Library of Congress.

Captain: Here y'are, ladies an' gents! : round th' lighthouse an' back fer ten cents -- an ocean ... Credit: Library of Congress.

The curious zebra alive from America! walk in gem'men and ladies, walk in. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Ohio whiskey war - the ladies of Logan singing hymns in front of barrooms in aid of the temperance movement. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It is downright labour to him where ladies are concerned

The little old ladies glanced at each other in some alarm

These good ladies do not like this visit very much

The ladies are with us.

Ladies May Smoke But Be Careful Where You Lay Your Butts

Yet till this is otherwise we are not civilized, and, if gentlemen and ladies, are not true men and women

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Children

Morocco

During the week of April 16, Princess Lalla Meryem hosted the first Summit of African First Ladies on Childhood in Marrakech. (references)

Worker Rights

Armenia

Most often, recruiters tell victims that they will be working as babysitters, waitresses, or cleaning ladies. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "LADIES": ladies and gentlemen ♦ ladies and gentlemen! ♦ ladies before gentlemen ♦ ladies first ♦ ladies handbag ♦ ladies man ♦ Ladies of Loreto ♦ Ladies of the bedchamber ♦ ladies room ♦ Lords and Ladies ♦ quaker ladies. Additional references.

Beginning with "LADIES": ladies-in-waiting, ladies-wear.

Ending with "LADIES": tea-ladies.

Arabic 

‏حجرة السيدات (ladies room), ‏سيداتي وسادتي (ladies and gentlemen). (various references)

Bulgarian 

дамска тоалетна (ladies' room, powder room). (various references)

Chinese 

夫人 (LADY, madam, Madams, MRS). (various references)

Czech

dámy. (various references)

Dutch

dames. (various references)

Finnish

rouvasväki. (various references)

French

dames. (various references)

German

Damen (dames). (various references)

Greek 

κυρίεσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

חתיך (handsome man, ladies man). (various references)

Hungarian

hölgyek. (various references)

Italian

signore (esquire, gentleman, gentleman s, liege, Lord, madams, man, Mister, Mr, Mr., signor, Sir). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

レスキュー隊 (label, ladies first, lady, Lady Borden, laisser-faire, lead, led, leg warmers, lesbian, lesser panda, lesson, letter, letter facsimile, letterhead, lettering, lettuce, medical practitioners' receipt for health insurance claim, medical prescription, ready-made, reception, red, red purge, red tape, Redmond, rescue squad, resolution, resonance, respirator, response, rest, rest house, rest room, restaurant, restaurant hotel, restaurant theater, retort, retouch, rhetoric, sticker, tow truck, wrestling). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

レディーズ . (various references)

Korean 

숙녀 (LADY). (various references)

Manx

mraane (fair sex, womanhood, womankind, women, womenfolk). (various references)

Pig Latin

adieslay.(various references)

Polish

państwo (ladies and gentlemen, Mr. and Mrs., state). (various references)

Portuguese

senhoras (women, you), damas (checkers). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

damas. (various references)

Romanian

toaletã pentru femei. (various references)

Russian 

женская уборная (ladies' room), дама (dame, gentlewoman, lady, queen). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

dame, žene (femininity, wives, womanhood, women). (various references)

Spanish

damas (checkers, chequers, draughts, madams), señoras (chequers). (various references)

Swedish

damer, dam (checkers, draughts, king, lady, madam, Mrs., queen, wman, woman). (various references)

Turkish

kadınlar (fair sex, the fair sex, the gentle sex, womanhood, womankind, women, womenfolk). (various references)

Ukrainian

жіноча вбиральня. (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "LADIES": beladies, charladies, foreladies, landladies, maladies, miladies, salesladies. (additional references)

Words containing "LADIES": gladiest. (additional references)

Misspellings

"LADIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alaudipes, Aldius, Aldys, Aldyss, gladiis, Lacies, ladeees, ladia, ladins, ladis, ladits, Ladyes, ladys, lafis, laide, laids, laise, laius, Landie, landies, lapies, laudese, loides, Lundies, lyddite, lydite, sadies. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: aisled, deasil, ideals, sailed.

-1 letter: aides, ailed, aisle, aside, dales, deals, deils, delis, dials, ideal, ideas, idles, isled, lades, lased, leads, sidle, slide.

-2 letters: aide, aids, ails, ales, dais, dale, dals, deal, deil, deli, dels, dial, diel, dies, elds, idea, ides, idle, ilea, isle, lade, lads, laid, lase, lead, leas, leis, lids, lied, lies, sade, sadi, said.

+1 letter: aediles, aidless, alipeds, audiles, baldies, dailies, dallies, denials, derails, details, devisal, dialers, dialyse, dilates, disable, elapids, halides, isolead, laddies, lapides, liaised, medials, misdeal, mislead, palsied, pleiads, redials, sallied, sedilia, snailed.

+2 letters: abseiled, alcaides, alidades, annelids, assailed, assoiled, audibles, bedrails, beladies, biasedly, cedillas, citadels, dalliers, darioles, dayflies, dealfish, dealings, decimals, declaims, decrials, delaines, devisals, dialects, diallers, dialysed, dialyser, dialyses, dialyzes, diastole, diazoles, dilaters, dilemmas, disabled, disables, dismaler, displace, disvalue, dualizes, dyslexia, ecdysial, gadflies, gladiest, glissade, headsail, helipads, idealess, idealise, idealism, idealist, impleads, islanded, islander, isolated, isoleads, laicised, lakeside, landside, lardiest, lavished, leadiest, leadings, limeades, lindanes, maladies, medalist, medicals, melodias, miladies, misdeals, misdealt, misleads, misplead, palisade, parslied, piebalds, pleiades, radicels, radicles, realised, redtails, resailed, residual, salaried, salified, sandlike, sandpile, semibald, sepaloid, sidereal, sidewalk, sidewall, signaled, slidable, slideway, sodalite, spadille, spiraled, steadily, talipeds, vedalias.