- a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken: She may be poor and have little education, but she's a real lady.
- a woman of high social position or economic class: She was born a lady and found it hard to adjust to her reduced circumstances.
- any woman; female (sometimes used in combination): The lady who answered the phone sounded a little stressed.There was a really nice saleslady at the counter who gave me some advice on what to buy.
- (used in direct address: usually offensive in the singular): Ladies and gentlemen, welcome.Lady, out of my way, please.
- wife: The ambassador and his lady arrived late.
- a female lover or steady companion.
- (in Great Britain) the proper title of any woman whose husband is higher in rank than baronet or knight, or who is the daughter of a nobleman not lower than an earl (although the title is given by courtesy also to the wives of baronets and knights).
- a woman who has proprietary rights or authority, as over a manor; female feudal superior.
- the Virgin Mary.
- a woman who is the object of chivalrous devotion.
- Usually Lady .
- an attribute or abstraction personified as a woman; a designation of an allegorical figure as feminine: Lady Fortune;Lady Virtue.
- a title prefixed to the name of a goddess: Lady Venus.
- a woman regarded as having the characteristics of a good family and high social position
- a polite name for a woman
- (as modifier)
- an informal name for wife
- the female head of the household
- a woman with proprietary rights and authority, as over a manor
- (in Britain) a title of honour borne by various classes of women of the peerage
- a term of address to holders of the title Lady, used esp by servants
- a title of the Virgin Mary
- an allegorical prefix for the personifications of certain qualities
- the term of address by which certain positions of respect are prefaced when held by women
