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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • An aristocratic title for a woman; the wife of a lord and/or a woman who holds the position in her own right; a title for a peeress, the wife of a peer or knight, and the daughters and daughters-in-law of certain peers.
  • The title for the (primary) female deity in female-centered religions, for example, the title for the Goddess in Wicca.

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Noun:

  • A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
  • A polite term referring to a woman.
  • archaic (''attributive'') (with a professional title) Who is a woman.
  • A title for somebody married to a gentleman.
  • A title for someone married to a lord.
  • A title that can be used instead of the formal terms of marchioness, countess, viscountess or baroness.
  • familiar An affectionate term for one's wife or girlfriend.
  • historical The mistress of a household.
  • ('''ladies'''; ''in plural only'') A polite form of address to women
  • ('''ladies'''' ''or'' '''ladies''') Toilets intended for use by women.
  • slang a queen (the playing card)
  • slang (''singular'') A highly colloquial and/or impolite form of address to a woman.
  • The feminine of lord.
  • birdwatching Lady Amherst's pheasant.

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