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English Dictionary: Lady by the DICT Development Group
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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"
    Synonym(s): dame, madam, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman
  3. a woman of the peerage in Britain
    Synonym(s): Lady, noblewoman, peeress
    Antonym(s): Lord, noble, nobleman
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lady \La"dy\, n.; pl. {Ladies}. [OE. ladi, l[91]fdi, AS.
      hl[?]fdige, hl[?]fdie; AS. hl[be]f loaf + a root of uncertain
      origin, possibly akin to E. dairy. See {Loaf}, and cf.
      {Lord}.]
      1. A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family;
            a mistress; the female head of a household.
  
                     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.).
  
      2. A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress;
            -- a feminine correlative of lord. [bd]Lord or lady of
            high degree.[b8] --Lowell.
  
                     Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, .
                     . . We make thee lady.                        --Shak.
  
      3. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was
            paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a
            sweetheart.
  
                     The soldier here his wasted store supplies, And
                     takes new valor from his lady's eyes. --Waller.
  
      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.
  
      5. A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman;
            -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.
  
      6. A wife; -- not now in approved usage. --Goldsmith.
  
      7. (Zo[94]l.) 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.
  
      {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 court}, the court of a lady of the manor.
  
      {Lady crab} (Zo[94]l.), 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lady \La"dy`\
      The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See
      {Annunciation}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lady \La"dy\, a.
      Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike. [bd]Some lady
      trifles.[b8]                                                   --Shak.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LADY
  
      ["Key Concepts in the INCAS Multicomputer Project",
      J. Nehmer et al IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-13(8):913-923 (Aug
      1987)].
  
      (1996-06-21)
  
  
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