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lady 
  n pl , -dies 
1 a woman regarded as having the characteristics of a good family and high social position; female counterpart of gentleman (sense 1) 
2 
a a polite name for a woman 
b (as modifier) 
a lady doctor  
3  an informal name for  →  wife 
4 ♦ lady of the house the female head of the household 
5  (History) a woman with proprietary rights and authority, as over a manor 
 Compare  →  lord  →  3 
  (Old English hlæfdige, from hlaf bread + dige kneader, related to dah dough) 

bag lady 
  n a woman who is homeless and wanders city streets with all her possessions in shopping bags, (Also called (in full))  shopping bag lady 
dinner lady 
  n  (Brit) a female cook or canteen worker in a school 
find the lady 
  n  another name for  →  three-card trick 
first lady 
  n often caps 
1 (in the U.S.) the wife or official hostess of a chief executive, esp. of a state governor or a president 
2 a woman considered to be at the top of her profession or art 
the first lady of jazz  
Lady 
  n pl , -dies 
1 (in Britain) a title of honour borne by various classes of women of the peerage 
2 ♦ my lady a term of address to holders of the title Lady, used esp. by servants 
3 ♦ Our Lady a title of the Virgin Mary 
4 Archaic an allegorical prefix for the personifications of certain qualities 
Lady Luck  
5  (Chiefly Brit) the term of address by which certain positions of respect are prefaced when held by women 
Lady Chairman  
lady bountiful 
  n an ostentatiously charitable woman 
  (after a character in George Farquhar's play The Beaux' Stratagem (1707)) 
Lady Chapel 
  n a chapel within a church or cathedral, dedicated to the Virgin Mary 
Lady Day 
  n March 25, the feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary; one of the four quarter days in England, Wales and Ireland, (Also called)  Annunciation Day 
lady fern 
  n a large, graceful, but variable fern, Athyrium filix-femina, with bipinnate fronds, commonly found on damp acid soils in woods and on hillsides 
lady-in-waiting 
  n pl , ladies-in-waiting a lady of a royal household who attends a queen or princess 
lady-killer 
  n 
Informal a man who is, or thinks he is, irresistibly fascinating to women 
♦  lady-killing  n, adj 
Lady Macbeth strategy 
  n 
Informal a strategy in a takeover battle in which a third party makes a bid acceptable to the target company, appearing to act as a white knight but subsequently joining forces with the original (unwelcome) bidder 
  (C20: after Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth (1605)) 
lady mayoress 
  n  (Brit) the wife of a lord mayor 
Lady Muck 
  n 
Informal, usually derogatory an ordinary woman behaving or being treated as if she were aristocratic 
 See also  →  Lord Muck 
Lady of the Lake 
  n (in Arthurian legend) a mysterious supernatural being sometimes identified with Vivian 
lady orchid 
  n a tall graceful orchid, Orchis purpurea, with faintly scented purple-brown and green flowers with a pinkish or white lip 
  (C19: named from a fancied resemblance to a lady in regency dress and bonnet) 
lady's bedstraw 
  n a Eurasian rubiaceous plant, Galium verum, with clusters of small yellow flowers 
lady's finger 
  n  another name for  →  bhindi 
lady's maid 
  n a personal servant to a woman, esp. in matters of dress and toilet 
lady's man 
  n  a variant spelling of  →  ladies' man 
lady's mantle 
  n any of various rosaceous plants of the N temperate genus Alchemilla, having small green flowers 



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