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.
Definitions
- noun. A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.
- noun. A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord.
- noun. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.
- noun. A wife; -- not now in approved usage.
- noun. 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.
- adjective. Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.
- The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation.
- noun. a woman of refinement
"a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady"
- noun. a woman of the peerage in Britain
- noun. a polite name for any woman
"a nice lady at the library helped me"
Synonyms
dame, gentlewoman, maam, madam, noblewoman, peeress
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in lady:
Common word forms
ladies, ladyly, ladyless, ladyness
Words from these letters
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