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Lady   /lˈeɪdi/   Listen
Lady

noun
(pl. ladies)
1.
A polite name for any woman.
2.
A woman of refinement.  Synonyms: dame, gentlewoman, ma'am, madam.
3.
A woman of the peerage in Britain.  Synonyms: noblewoman, peeress.



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"Lady" Quotes from Famous Books



... paper from her husband, glanced over it, and flew at Arthur like nothing else in the world but a fashionable lady ...
— The Gadfly • E. L. Voynich

... many months, by telling me to hope that I have not for ever forfeited your consent to my attachment. At least, I trust to your kindness for telling me on what terms I am for the present to stand with your family. I am glad to hear such favourable reports of Lady Morville, and with all my heart I thank Charles for ...
— The Heir of Redclyffe • Charlotte M. Yonge

... minute examination of the testimony to prove that the pamphlets were brought innocently and without intent to circulate them. Those in the box were brought with other papers, and were packed by a lady, for the purpose of wrappers, &c., for plants. The pamphlets given to him in New York, by a person from whom he had purchased a book, he had received without any knowledge of their contents, and the package remained unopened in his trunk until it was taken by the constables. No mischief ...
— The Trial of Reuben Crandall, M.D. Charged with Publishing and Circulating Seditious and Incendiary Papers, &c. in the District of Columbia, with the Intent of Exciting Servile Insurrection. • Unknown

... you not marry, my dear Frank?" said the dowager Lady Aveleyn, one day, when a thick fog debarred her ...
— Newton Forster • Frederick Marryat

... a bath room, private or public, in Brownsville in those days. Wash tubs were used in winter, the creek and river in summer. Once there came an oldish, high-toned lady from Richmond. She lodged with Isaac Vance at the Marshall House. He bought a new carpet and other fine furnishings for her room. It was an unusually warm summer. One day Vance noticed the colored porter ...
— Watch Yourself Go By • Al. G. Field


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