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lady
What does lady mean?
lady (noun): a woman: an adult female human.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use lady in a sentence?
- Please direct this lady to the soft furnishings department. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce lady?
/ˈleɪdi/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does lady come from?
From Middle English lady, laddy, lafdi, lavedi, from Old English hlǣfdīġe (“mistress of a household, wife of a lord, lady; etymologically bread-kneader”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “lady” mean?
how long something has existed
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the specified day of the month
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a woman: an adult female human
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a particular geographic region
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