- lady
- [[t]le͟ɪdi[/t]]
♦♦ladies1) N-COUNT You can use lady when you are referring to a woman, especially when you are showing politeness or respect.→ See also old lady
She's a very sweet old lady...
Shall we rejoin the ladies?
...a lady doctor.
...a cream-coloured lady's shoe.
Syn:2) N-VOC (politeness) You can say `ladies' when you are addressing a group of women in a formal and respectful way.Your table is ready, ladies, if you'd care to come through...
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
3) N-COUNT A lady is a woman from the upper classes, especially in former times....the Empress and ladies of the Imperial Palace...
Our governess was told to make sure we knew how to talk like English ladies.
4) N-TITLE In Britain, Lady is a title used in front of the names of some female members of the nobility, or the wives of knights.Cockburn's arrival coincided with that of Sir Iain and Lady Noble...
My dear Lady Mary, how very good to see you.
5) N-COUNT If you say that a woman is a lady, you mean that she behaves in a polite, dignified, and graceful way.His wife was great as well, beautiful-looking and a real lady...
A lady always sits quietly with her hands in her lap.
6) N-SING: usu the N People sometimes refer to a public toilet for women as the ladies. [BRIT, INFORMAL]At Temple station, Charlotte rushed into the Ladies.
Syn:7) N-VOC (politeness) `Lady' is sometimes used by men as a form of address when they are talking to a woman that they do not know, especially in shops and in the street. [AM, INFORMAL]What seems to be the trouble, lady?...
As she left the litter-strewn lot, an angry voice called out to her. `Hey, lady!'
8) → See also First Lady, Our Lady
English dictionary. 2008.
