Lady vs. Dame

Ladynoun

(historical) The mistress of a household.

Ladynoun

A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.

Ladynoun

The feminine of lord.

Ladynoun

A title for someone married to a lord.

Ladynoun

A title for somebody married to a gentleman.

Ladynoun

A title that can be used instead of the formal terms of marchioness, countess, viscountess, or baroness.

Ladynoun

A woman: an adult female human.

Ladynoun

(in the plural) A polite reference or form of address to women.

Ladynoun

(slang) Used to address a female.

Ladynoun

(ladies' or ladies) Toilets intended for use by women.

Ladynoun

(familiar) A wife or girlfriend; a sweetheart.

Ladynoun

A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound.

Ladynoun

(slang) A queen the playing card.

Ladynoun

Who is a woman.

Ladynoun

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Ladynoun

The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster, consisting of calcareous plates; so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure.

Ladynoun

A five-pound note. (Rhyming slang, Lady Godiva for fiver.)

Ladynoun

(slang) A woman’s breast.

Ladynoun

A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.

Ladynoun

A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; - a feminine correlative of lord.

Ladynoun

A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.

Ladynoun

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.

Ladynoun

A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; - the feminine correlative of gentleman.

Ladynoun

A wife; - not now in approved usage.

Ladynoun

Any woman; as, a lounge for ladies; a cleaning lady; also used in combination; as, saleslady.

Ladynoun

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.

Ladyadjective

Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.

Ladynoun

a polite name for any woman;

Ladynoun

a woman of refinement;

Ladynoun

a woman of the peerage in Britain

Lady

The word lady is a term of respect for a girl or woman, the equivalent of gentleman. Once used to describe only women of a high social class or status, the female equivalent of lord, now it may refer to any adult woman.

Damenoun

(Britain) Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.

Damenoun

(Britain) A matron at a school, especially Eton College.

Damenoun

In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.

Damenoun

A woman.

Damenoun

(archaic) A lady, a woman.

Damenoun

A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady.

Damenoun

The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school.

Damenoun

A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.

Damenoun

A mother; - applied to human beings and quadrupeds.

Damenoun

informal terms for a (young) woman

Damenoun

a woman of refinement;

Dame

Dame is an honorific title and the feminine form of address for the honour of damehood in many Christian chivalric orders, as well as the British honours system and those of several other Commonwealth countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, with the masculine form of address being sir. It is the female equivalent for knighthood, which is traditionally granted to males.