Lady

Definition: Lady

Lady

Noun

1. A polite name for any woman.

2. A woman of refinement.

3. A woman of aristocratic family.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

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

Etymology: Lady \La"dy\, noun; plural Ladies. [Old English ladi, l[ae]fdi, Anglo-Saxon; Anglo-Saxon hl[=a]f loaf root of uncertain origin, possibly akin to English dairy. See Loaf, and compare to Lord.]. (references)

Computing

Literature

Multilingual Slang

Slang in 1811

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

Synonyms: Lady

Fop

Fine lady, coquette; flirt, vamp.

Good Man

Good woman, perfect lady, Madonna.

Heterodoxy

Ultramontanism; papism, papistry; monkery; papacy; Anglicanism, Catholicism, Romanism; popery, Scarlet Lady, Church of Rome, Greek Church.

Marriage

Feme, feme coverte; squaw, lady; matron, matronage, matronhood; man and wife; wedded pair, Darby and Joan; spiritual wife.

Bridesmaid, bridesman, best man; bride, bridegroom. married man, married woman, married couple; neogamist, Benedict, partner, spouse, mate, yokemate; husband, man, consort, baron; old man, good man; wife of one's bosom; helpmate, rib, better half, gray mare, old woman, old lady, good wife, goodwife.

Nobility

Princess, begum, duchess, marchioness; countess; lady, dame; memsahib; Do$a, maharani, rani.

Piety

Believer, convert, theist, Christian, devotee, pietist; the good, the righteous, the just, the believing, the elect; Saint, Madonna, Notre Dame, Our Lady.

Possessor

Land holder, land owner, landlord, land lady, slumlord; lord of the manor, lord paramount; heritor, laird, vavasour, landed gentry, mesne lord; planter.

Pride

Proud man, highflier; fine gentleman, fine lady.

Regularity of recurrence Periodicity

Rota, cycle, period, stated time, routine; days of the week; Sunday, Monday; months of the year; January; feast, fast; Christmas, Easter, New Year's day; Allhallows, Allhallowmas, All Saints' Day; All Souls', All Souls' Day; Ash Wednesday, bicentennial, birthday, bissextile, Candlemas, Dewali, groundhog day, Halloween, Hallowmas, Lady day, leap year, Midsummer day, Muharram, woodchuck day, St. Swithin's day, natal day; yearbook; yuletide.

Servant

Noun: subject, liegeman; servant, retainer, follower, henchman, servitor, domestic, menial, help, lady help, employe, attache; official.

Woman

Phrase: "a perfect woman nobly planned"; "a lovely lady garmented in white"; das Ewig-Weibliche zieht uns hinan; "earth's noblest thing, a woman perfected"; es de vidrio la mujer; "she moves a goddess and she looks a queen"; "the beauty of a lovely woman is like music"; varium et mutabile semper femina; "woman is the lesser man".

Dame, madam, madame, mistress, Mrs. lady, donna belle, matron, dowager, goody, gammer; Frau, frow, Vrouw, rani; good woman, good wife; squaw; wife. (marriage); matronage, matronhood.

Crosswords: Lady

Dutch (dame, king, queen), German (lady), Romanian (lady), Swedish (lady).

Will you help an old lady to her car (A Time to Kill; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

There's still life in the old lady yet (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

As Lady Macbeth (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green)

Don't hurt us lady, our take-home is less than $300 (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters)

Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, don't fail us now (The Blues Brothers ; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd, John Landis)

My divine lady (Lady; performing artist: D'Angelo)

Creole Lady Marmalade, uh (Lady Marmalade; performing artist: Christina Aguilera)

Bag lady you gone hurt your back (Bag Lady; performing artist: Erykah Badu)

Lady Madonna, baby at your breast (Lady Madonna; performing artist: The Beatles)

For my gentle lady (For My Lady; performing artist: The Moody Blues)

Lady (1998)

Hit Lady (1974)

Illusions of a Lady (1974)

The Lady from the Sea (1974)

Lady of the Landing (1974)

Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane, The (performing artist: The Ames Brothers)

LADY MARMALADE (performing artist: PINK, OTHERS C. AGUILERA)

Dear Lady Twist (performing artist: Gary "U.S." Bonds)

Lady Willpower (performing artist: Gary Puckett and The Union Gap)

That Lady (performing artist: Isley Brothers)

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

References

• Lady Funiture Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Lady in Leisure Group PLC: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Lady Luck Gaming Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• La Dama, su Amado y su Senor / The Lady, Her Lover & Her Lord (reference)

• The Lady & Sons Just Desserts: More Than 120 Sweet Temptations from Savannah's Favorite Restaurant (reference)

• The Lady of Arlington: The Life of Mrs. Robert E. Lee (reference)

• So Dearly Loved, So Much Admired: Letters to Hester Pitt, Lady Chatham, from Her Relations and Friends, 1744-1801 (reference)

• Clockwork music: an illustrated history of mechanical musical instruments from the musical box to the pianola, from automaton lady virginal players to orchestrion (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Lady (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• The Lady Eve - Criterion Collection (reference)

• Lady Jane (reference)

• Lady Sings the Blues (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Lady (reference)

• Thug Lady [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Lady Sia (reference)

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

Consumer Goods

• Gorham Lady Anne Crystal Flute, Set of 2 (reference)

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

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

Jerrie Cobb, Lady Pilot, testing Gimbal Rig in AWT. Credit: NASA.

Seven Members of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees in 1995. Credit: NASA.

Plane table work at Station Dove Lady (crewman last name), Hubert A. Paton, and Beagle. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A Panamanian Indian lady dressed in her finery A quick learner - it cost a dollar to take the picture Also selling molas. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

California pier angling - happy lady with a nice croaker catch. Credit: Fisheries.

The charter vessel (CPFV) SALTY LADY racing across San Francisco Bay with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. Credit: Fisheries.

Servicing the National Weather Service automated weather buoy that is nicknamed Peggy in honor of the lady who radioed weather to fishermen for many years in the Aleutian Islands. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship ENDEAVOR. Originally built during the Civil War as a Confederate gunboat and named the LADY DAVIS. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

The First Lady of the United States.

U-2 Dragon Lady flies a training mission in California.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Of the lady, individually, Emma thought very little

But my Lady would not be checked

When M. Myriel came to D__ he was accompanied by an old lady, Mademoiselle Baptistine, who was his sister, ten years younger than himself

If any lady or gentleman

Lady, you know no rules of charity, Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses

Ma threw the door open and half pulled the struggling old lady out beside the road and into the bushes

I am here obliged to vindicate the reputation of an excellent lady, who was an innocent sufferer upon my account

Lady Croom: It is a defect of God's humor that he directs our hearts everywhere but to those who have a right to them

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

There are 87,105 registered doctors, 3,867 dentists, and 35,979 nurses and lady health visitors. (references)

Children

Ghana

In 2000 the former First Lady launched an initiative to establish the country's first women's university; however, no women's university has been established. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cuba

On September 8, the Government permitted for the fourth consecutive year a procession in connection with Masses in celebration of the feast day of Our Lady of Charity in Havana. (references)

Economic History

Bangladesh

In 1995, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton visited Bangladesh. (references)

Human Rights

Ghana

The December 31st Women's Movement (DWM), an NGO run by former First Lady Nana Konadu Rawlings and closely associated with the former government, was the subject of a region-by-region government audit, with Regional Ministries sending letters on behalf of the National Security Coordinator to the regional DWM organizers requesting disclosure of their assets. (references)

Political Economy

India

Improved relations were reflected over the succeeding four years in a series of high-level exchanges between the two governments, including visits to India by the Secretaries of Commerce, State, Defense, Treasury, Energy and Agriculture and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. (references)

Bulgaria

High-level contacts have been frequent, with President Stoyanov having visited Washington in February 1998, First Lady Hillary Clinton paying a visit to Sofia in October 1998, President Clinton coming to Bulgaria for a highly successful visit in November, 1999, and Prime Minister Kostov visiting Washington in March 2001. (references)

Women

Moldova

The Country's then-First Lady and the mayor of Chisinau initiated a project in October 1999 to open a women's shelter in Chisinau; however, it still was under construction at year's end. (references)

Colombia

The Institute of Forensic Medicine reported 13,703 cases of probable rape during 2000. First Lady Nohra Puyana de Pastrana is on the board of directors of the ICBF and works with the "Make Peace" program, which provides support to women and children who were victims of domestic violence. (references)

Worker Rights

Egypt

For example, Prime Minister Atef Ebeid and First Lady Suzanne Mubarak are involved personally with the problems of working children through their leadership positions on the National Council for Children and Motherhood. (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.

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Expressions using "lady": afternoon lady ♦ alpine lady fern ♦ american lady crab ♦ as befits a lady ♦ athenian lady ♦ Bag lady ♦ befitting for a lady ♦ charming lady ♦ cleaning lady ♦ dancing lady orchid ♦ eldely lady ♦ elect lady ♦ elegant lady ♦ english lady crab ♦ escort a lady ♦ fine lady ♦ first lady ♦ iron lady ♦ Lady altar ♦ lady beetle ♦ lady bird ♦ lady bountiful ♦ lady chair ♦ lady chapel ♦ lady companion ♦ Lady court ♦ lady cow ♦ lady crab ♦ lady day ♦ lady Diana Frances Spencer ♦ lady doctor ♦ lady dog ♦ lady Emma Hamilton ♦ lady fern ♦ lady fly ♦ lady friend ♦ lady godiva ♦ lady help ♦ lady in waiting ♦ lady Jane Grey ♦ lady killer ♦ Lady Lake ♦ lady love ♦ lady luck ♦ Lady marquess ♦ Lady Mary Jane ♦ Lady Mass ♦ lady of a harem ♦ lady of pleasure ♦ lady of the bedchamber ♦ lady of the house ♦ Lady of the manor ♦ lady of the night ♦ lady of the woods ♦ lady palm ♦ Lady paramount ♦ lady Peel ♦ Lady snow ♦ lady sovereign ♦ lady superior ♦ lady teacher ♦ lady tulip ♦ leading lady ♦ May lady ♦ my good lady ♦ naked lady ♦ old lady ♦ our Lady ♦ ours lady ♦ painted lady ♦ perfect lady ♦ pink lady ♦ ragged lady ♦ scarlet Lady ♦ showy lady slipper ♦ slender lady palm ♦ sporting lady ♦ take in a lady ♦ the lady of his love ♦ the Lady with the Lamp ♦ The Order of the Visitation of Our Lady ♦ titled lady ♦ unmarried lady ♦ walking lady ♦ white lady ♦ young lady ♦ your good lady. Additional references.

Beginning with "lady": lady-beetle, lady-boarders, Lady-bug, lady-cleaner, lady-cow, lady-fern, lady-friend, lady-friends, lady-hypnotist, Lady-in-waiting, Lady-killer, Lady-killing, lady-like, lady-love, lady-mass, lady-of-the-night, lady-slipper, lady-smock, lady-snow, lady-who-does-in-the-garden, lady-writer.

Ending with "lady": dragon-lady, tea-lady.

Afrikaans

Mevrou (madam, Mrs.), Mev. (madam, Mrs.), dame (madam, Mrs.), dam (dame, king, queen). (various references)

Albanian

zonjë (able, Dame, Dona, gentlewoman, hostess, housekeeper, ladyship, ma'am, madam, Madame, milady, missis, mistress, mrs.), shenmëri, hanko, grua (bint, female, Jill, missis, my better half, spouse, wife, woman), femër (dam, distaff, doe, female, fertile, hen, Jenny, jilt, Judy, mate, piece, pistil, woman). (various references)

Arabic 

‏سيدة (dame, ma'am, madam, madonna, mistress, sister), ‏زوجة (consort, partner, squaw, wife, woman), ‏إمرأة ذات سلطة. (various references)

Breton

itron. (various references)

Bulgarian 

съпруга (better half, companion, consort, mate, spouse, uxor, wife, woman), господарка (mistress, princess), женски (female, feminine, petticoat, pistillate, woman, womanish), жена-, жена (female, frail, gin, heifer, hen, lay, muslin, petticoat, piece, placket, rib, skirt, woman), лейди (gentlewoman), домакиня (home-maker, hostess, housekeeper, housewife, manager), дама (checkers, chequers, draughts, gentlewoman, hopscotch, partner, picture card, queen). (various references)

Catalan

senyora (madam, Mrs.). (various references)

Chinese 

夫人 (madam, Mrs.). (various references)

Czech

paní (madam, Mademoiselle, mistress, mrs, Mrs., ms, woman). (various references)

Danish

dame (dame, king, queen). (various references)

Dutch

dame (madam, Mrs.). (various references)

Esperanto

sinjorino (madam, Mrs.), ĝentlemanino. (various references)

Faeroese

frúgv (madam, Miss, Mrs., spinster, unmarried woman), frúa (madam, Mrs.). (various references)

Farsi 

زوجه (Spouse, Wedlock, Wife), خانم (Dame, Gentlewoman, Madem, Mademe, Mistress, Wife), رءیسه خانه , بانو (Dame, Gentlewoman, Madem, Mademe, Matron, Mistress). (various references)

Finnish

leppäpirkot (lady beetle, lady bird, lady bug), ei sovi hienolle naiselle (it does not become a lady), emäntä (hostess, housewife, lady of the house, landlady, mistress), hieno daami (elegant lady), hovinainen (lady-in-waiting), kaksipistepirkko (two-spot ladybird, two-spotted lady beetle), kamarirouva (lady in waiting), aatelisnainen (lady of rank, noblewoman), marianpäivä (Annunciation Day, Lady Day), vallasnainen (lady of rank), naispääosan esittäjä (leading lady), naistenhurmaaja (lady-killer), ohdakeperhonen (painted lady, thistle butterfly), onnetar (fortune, Lady Luck), primadonna (leading lady, prima donna), soreahiirenporras (lady fern), talonemäntä (housewife, lady of the house), kevytkenkäinen nainen (lady of easy virtue). (various references)

French

dame. (various references)

Frisian

mefrou (madam, Mrs.), frou (madam, Mrs., wife, woman), dam (dam, king, queen). (various references)

German

dame (checkers, companion, dame, draughts, king, lady friend, madam, queen, woman). (various references)

Greek 

κυρία (gentlewoman, girder, madam, milady, missis, mistress, mrs). (various references)

Hebrew 

גבירה (gentlewoman, mistress), גברת (ma'am, Madam, Miss, ms.), רעיה (beloved woman, wife). (various references)

Hungarian

hölgy (dame). (various references)

Icelandic

frú (madam, Mrs.). (various references)

Indonesian

wanita (woman, women), perempuan (dame, she, woman). (various references)

Italian

signora (gentlewoman, ma'am, madam, missis, missus, mistress, mrs, Mrs., ms, signora, tradesman, wife, woman). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

淑女 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おくがた (nobleman's wife), おばさん (aunt, ma'am, middle-aged lady, woman), レディー , レディ , きふじん, しゅくじょ, きじょ (demoness, mechanism, ogress, she-devil, witch, you), まえ (ago, before, fore part, head, helping, in front, in the presence of, portion, previously, to), れいふじん (Madam, Mrs, your wife), あなた (dear, that, the other, the other side, there, yonder, you), とうじ (at that time, chief brewer at a sake brewery, clay, formal reply, funeral address, governing, government, hot-spring cure, housekeeper, in those days, libertine, matron, matter under concern, message of condolence, mistress, reign, rule, taking the baths, winter solstice, words of condolence), とじ (housekeeper, matron, mistress, on one's way, uselessness). (various references)

Korean 

숙녀 (Ladies). (various references)

Lombard

sciora (madam, Mrs.). (various references)

Manx

ben seyr (dame, gentlewoman), ben ooasle (duchess, gentlewoman, madam), ben chiarn (peeress). (various references)

Norwegian

frue (madam, Mrs.). (various references)

Papiamen

señora (madam, Mrs., thou, wife, ye, you), dama (madam, Mrs.). (various references)

Pig Latin

adylay.(various references)

Portuguese

senhora (dame, duchess, ma%27am, ma'am, madam, miss, mistress, Mrs., wife, woman, you), dama (dame, gentlewoman, king, madam, Mrs., queen). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

senhora (ma'am, madam, miss, woman), dama. (various references)

Quechua

duña. (various references)

Romanian

lady, stãpânã (landlady, missis, mistress, owner, proprietress), nevastã (goodwife, rib, spouse, wife, woman), mamã (mamma, mater, mother, parent), iubitã (flame, girl, lady love, lass, mistress, paramour, sweetheart), doamnã (Dame, gentlewoman, ma'am, madam, milady, mistress, woman), doamna inimii, doamna (madam, Mrs.), damã (broad, Dame, demimondaine, demi-rep, face card, queen, tart, whore), coniţã (ma'am). (various references)

Russian 

леди (gentlewoman, noblewoman, peeress, peeresses), барыня (mistress), девушка (a bit of muslin, bint, colleen, demoiselle, dish, gal, girl, lass, lassie, maid, maiden, puss, quean, wench), дама дамский, дама (dame, gentlewoman, ladies, queen). (various references)

Scottish

rìghinn (nymph, young lady). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ledi, supruga (spouse, wife), gospođa (dona, donna, gentlewoman, madam, madame, missis, missus, mrs., ms.), gazdarica (landlady, mistress, proprietress), domaćica (home-maker, hostess, housewife), dama (dame, queen), žena (female, harp, skirt, wife, woman). (various references)

Spanish

dama (Dame, gentlewoman, king, madam, queen). (various references)

Sranan

misi (madam, Mrs.). (various references)

Swahili

bibi (madam, Mrs.). (various references)

Swedish

dam (checkers, draughts, king, ladies, madam, Mrs., queen, wman, woman), lady, kvinna (female, jilt, she, woman), fru (madam, Madame, married woman, matron, Mrs(misses), Mrs., wife). (various references)

Thai

สตรี (female), ท่านผู้หญิง. (various references)

Turkish

bayan (Dame, female, lady's, madam, Madame, Miss, missis, mistress, mrs, mrs., Mrs./Ms., ms, ms., spinster, unmarried woman, waitress, woman). (various references)

Ukrainian

леді, дружина (consort, missis, missus, moiety, spouse, wife, yoke fellow, yoke mate), дама (burd, gentlewoman, queen). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vợ (mate, spouse), phu nhân nữ, đàn bà người yêu bà chủ. (various references)

Welsh

bonesig, boneddiges, arglwyddes. (various references)

Zulu

unkosikazi (madam, Mrs.), uma (as, if, madam, Mrs., provided that, when), inkosikazi (madam, Mrs., wife). (various references)

ga-�a-an, ga�an, nin. (various references)

cafera, domina, domina, domna, dominae, dominam, dominis, era, eram, eras, erastum, erastus, ericus, eris, erisque, mater, matre, matrem, matres, matri, matribus, matrique, matris, matrum, musera. (various references)

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

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

Derivations

Words beginning with "lady": ladybird, ladybirds, ladybug, ladybugs, ladyfinger, ladyfingers, ladyfish, ladyfishes, ladyhood, ladyhoods, ladyish, ladykin, ladykins, ladylike, ladylove, ladyloves, ladypalm, ladypalms, ladyship, ladyships. (additional references)

Words ending with "lady": belady, charlady, forelady, glady, landlady, malady, milady, saleslady. (additional references)

Words containing "lady": beladying, unladylike. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Lady" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ady, alday, Aldy, Aldys, Aledby, alty, Alyd, clady, jady, kady, laby, lada, Laddh, laddy, ladey, Ladh, ladi, ladia, ladil, ladly, ladt, ladu, ladya, ladyo, ladys, ladz, lafy, lagy, laidy, laiy, laly, landi, Landie, Lany, Lawday, lawdy, lawy, laxy, layd, layde, Laydy, lendy, lety, leudy, liddy, Lidi, lidy, ljadi, ljadl, loddy, Lodey, Lody, loyd, ludi, mlady, nady, Vlady, zady. (additional references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: yald.

-1 letter: dal, day, lad, lay.

-2 letters: ad, al, ay, la, ya.

+1 letter: alkyd, badly, baldy, daily, dally, delay, glady, lardy, layed, leady, lyard, madly, sadly, yauld.

+2 letters: acidly, adenyl, agedly, alkyds, aridly, avidly, baldly, belady, clayed, dactyl, daftly, damply, dankly, darkly, dayfly, daylit, deadly, deafly, dearly, delays, drably, drawly, dually, dyable, flayed, gadfly, gladly, hardly, malady, milady, played, slayed, waddly, yawled.

+3 letters: acridly, addedly, adenyls, adeptly, adultly, alcayde, allayed, alloyed, already, amyloid, audibly, bawdily, beadily, belayed, blandly, broadly, cacodyl, dactyli, dactyls, daffily, dandily, datedly, dayglow, daylily, daylong, dazedly, deathly, delayed, delayer, dialyse, dialyze, display, dryable, dryland, drywall, duality, ducally, durably, dyeable, fadedly, gaudily, grandly, halyard, handily, hardily, headily, holiday, holyday, hyaloid, hyoidal, ideally, jadedly, ladybug, ladyish, ladykin, lairdly, lanyard, laundry, layered, lyrated, mazedly, modally, nakedly, nodally, payload, pedlary, playday, pyralid, rabidly, rapidly, readily, relayed, sandfly, shadfly, shadily, splayed, staidly, synodal, tardily, tidally, validly, vapidly, waylaid.