Dictionary Entry
lady
lady is a 4-letter English word with 12 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 12 senses
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- 1noun
A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.
- 2noun
A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord.
- 3noun
A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.
- 4noun
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.
- 5noun
A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.
- 6noun
A wife; -- not now in approved usage.
- 7noun
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.
- 8adjective
Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.
- 9
The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation.
- 10noun
a woman of refinement
"a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady"
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- 11noun
a woman of the peerage in Britain
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- 12noun
a polite name for any woman
"a nice lady at the library helped me"
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