| 单词 | the first lady of the land |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe first lady of the land P2. the first lady of the land: the most important or prominent woman in a country; spec. = sense 2. ΚΠ 1856 D. Vickery Sketch Town of Yeovil 20 Fit to adorn the hand of the first lady of the land. 1870 L. C. Holloway Ladies of White House 482 The young ladies..make the pilgrimage in hopes they might see Miss Betty, whom they, with woman's quickness of perception, felt was to be the first lady of the land, by presiding at the White House. 1877 M. Clemmer in Independent 15 Mar. 2/3 I wonder what the world of Vanity Fair will do..as it poses and minces before ‘the first lady of the land’? 1913 Boys' Life June 4/2 Mrs. [Woodrow] Wilson..who at present bears the proud title of ‘the first lady of the land’. 2011 M. Borrelli Politics of President's Wife iv. 147 When she is addressed as ‘the first lady of the land’, her gender role modeling becomes an aspect of the nation's identity. < as lemmas |
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