LADY

Pronunciation (US):

• LADY (noun)
  The noun LADY has 3 senses:

1. a polite name for any woman
2. a woman of refinement
3. a woman of the peerage in Britain

  Familiarity information: LADY used as a noun is uncommon.

• LADY (noun)

Meaning:

A polite name for any woman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

a nice lady at the library helped me

Hypernyms ("lady" is a kind of...):

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lady"):

begum (a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan)

Meaning:

A woman of refinement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

gentlewoman; ma'am; madam; dame; lady

Context example:

a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady

Hypernyms ("lady" is a kind of...):

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lady"):

grande dame (a middle-aged or elderly woman who is stylish and highly respected)

madame (title used for a married Frenchwoman)

Meaning:

A woman of the peerage in Britain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

noblewoman; peeress; Lady

Hypernyms ("Lady" is a kind of...):

female aristocrat (a woman who is an aristocrat)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Lady"):

Milady (an English noblewoman)

marchioness; marquise (a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess)

Lady-in-waiting (a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess)

duchess (the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right)

countess (female equivalent of a count or earl)

baroness (a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron)

Instance hyponyms:

Borgia; Duchess of Ferrara; Lucrezia Borgia (Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519))

Godiva; Lady Godiva (according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080))

Amy Lyon; Hamilton; Lady Emma Hamilton (English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815))

Holonyms ("Lady" is a member of...):

baronage; peerage (the peers of a kingdom considered as a group)

Antonym:

Lord (a titled peer of the realm)