LADY - Definiția din dicționar
Traducere: română
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La"dy (l&ā;"dӗ), n.;
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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
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2. A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of
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Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, . . .
We make thee
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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
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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
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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.
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8. (Zo&ö;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.
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La"dy, a. Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.
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