ladies 音标拼音: [l'ediz]
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 }.]
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1 .
A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family ;
a mistress ;
the female head of a household .
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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 .).
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2 .
A woman having proprietary rights or authority ;
mistress ;
--
a feminine correlative of lord . "
Lord or lady of high degree ." --
Lowell .
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Of all these bounds ,
even from this line to this , .
. .
We make thee lady . --
Shak .
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3 .
A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid ;
a woman to whom one is devoted or bound ;
a sweetheart .
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The soldier here his wasted store supplies ,
And takes new valor from his lady '
s eyes . --
Waller .
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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 .
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5 .
A woman of refined or gentle manners ;
a well -
bred woman ;
--
the feminine correlative of {
gentleman }.
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6 .
A wife ; --
not now in approved usage . --
Goldsmith .
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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 .
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{
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 .
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