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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Lady \La"dy\, a. Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike. [1913 Webster] "Some lady trifles." --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Lady \La"dy\ (l[=a]"d[y^]), n.; pl. {Ladies} (l[=a]"d[i^]z). [OE. ladi, l[ae]fdi, AS. hl[=ae]fdige, hl[=ae]fdie; AS. hl[=a]f loaf + a root of uncertain origin, possibly akin to E. dairy. See {Loaf}, and cf. {Lord}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household. [1913 Webster] Agar, the handmaiden of Sara, whence comest thou, and whither goest thou? The which answered, Fro the face of Sara my lady. --Wyclif (Gen. xvi. 8.). [1913 Webster] 2. A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord. "Lord or lady of high degree." --Lowell. [1913 Webster] Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, . . . We make thee lady. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart. [1913 Webster] The soldier here his wasted store supplies, And takes new valor from his lady's eyes. --Waller. [1913 Webster] 4. A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right. [1913 Webster] 5. A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of {gentleman}. [1913 Webster] 6. A wife; -- not now in approved usage. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 7. Hence: Any woman; as, a lounge for ladies; a cleaning lady; also used in combination; as, saleslady. [PJC] 8. (Zool.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates. [1913 Webster] {Ladies' man}, a man who affects the society of ladies. {Lady altar}, an altar in a lady chapel. --Shipley. {Lady chapel}, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary. {Lady court}, the court of a lady of the manor. {Lady crab} (Zool.), a handsomely spotted swimming crab ({Platyonichus ocellatus}) very common on the sandy shores of the Atlantic coast of the United States. {Lady fern}. (Bot.) See {Female fern}, under {Female}, and Illust. of {Fern}. {Lady in waiting}, a lady of the queen's household, appointed to wait upon or attend the queen. {Lady Mass}, a Mass said in honor of the Virgin Mary. --Shipley. {Lady of the manor}, a lady having jurisdiction of a manor; also, the wife of a manor lord. {Lady's maid}, a maidservant who dresses and waits upon a lady. --Thackeray. {Our Lady}, the Virgin Mary. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: lady n 1: a polite name for any woman; "a nice lady at the library helped me" 2: a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady" [syn: {dame}, {madam}, {ma'am}, {lady}, {gentlewoman}] 3: a woman of the peerage in Britain [syn: {Lady}, {noblewoman}, {peeress}] [ant: {Lord}, {noble}, {nobleman}]