Definitions for the word "lady" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A wife; -- not now in approved usage.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. a.
Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9.
The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
(pl. -ies) 1 a woman regarded as being of superior social status or as having refined manners. B (lady) title of peeresses, female relatives of peers, the wives and widows of knights, etc. 2 (often attrib.) Woman; female (ask that lady; lady butcher). 3 colloq. Wife, girlfriend. 4 ruling woman (lady of the house). 5 (the ladies or ladies'') women''s public lavatory. [old english, = loaf-kneader]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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