lady chapel see under lady

proprietary chapel

A chapel that is private property

lady /lāˈdi/ (with cap when used as a prefix)

1. The mistress of a house
2. Used as the feminine of lord and of gentleman, and ordinarily as a less formal substitute for dame¹
3. Any woman with refined manners and instincts
4. A consort, a term formerly preferred to wife by some who liked to stand upon their dignity (archaic)
5. A lady-love or object of chivalric devotion
6. A girlfriend, mistress, etc
7. A feminine prefix with various formal uses, eg for the wife of a knight, baron or baronet
8. A woman with a particular job, occupation, etc, as in tea lady, bag lady
9. A size of slates, approx 40.6×20cm (16×7.9in)

laˈdies noun

A public lavatory for women

laˈdyfied or laˈdified adjective

Inclined to affect over-refined manners

laˈdyfy or laˈdify transitive verb

1. To make a lady of
2. To call My Lady or Your Ladyship

laˈdyhood noun

The condition or character of a lady

laˈdyish adjective

Having the airs of a fine lady

laˈdyism noun

Affectation of the airs of a fine lady

laˈdykin noun (archaic)

An endearing diminutive of lady

laˈdylike adjective

1. Like a lady in manners
2. Refined
3. Soft, delicate
4. Genteel

laˈdylikeness noun

laˈdyship noun

The title of a lady

ladies' companion noun

A small bag used for a woman's needlework

ladies' fingers same as lady's finger below.

ladies' gallery noun

A gallery in the House of Commons, once screened off by a grille

ladies' man or lady's man noun

1. A man who enjoys the company of women and being attentive to them
2. A (would-be) seducer of women

laˈdieswear noun

Clothing for women

laˈdybird noun

Any member of the family Coccinellidae, small round beetles, often brightly spotted, which prey on greenfly, etc (also laˈdybug (N American), laˈdycow or laˈdyfly)

Lady Bountiful noun (also without caps; often derogatory)

A rich and generous woman, often applied to one who is ostentatiously or offensively so (from a character in Farquhar's The Beaux’ Stratagem)

ladyboy noun (informal)

A young male transvestite or transsexual, esp in Thailand

lady chapel noun

A chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, usually behind the high altar, at the end of the apse

Lady Day noun

25 March, the day of the annunciation of the Virgin

lady fern noun

A pretty British fern (Athyrium filix-foemina), with long bipinnate fronds (imagined by the old herbalists to be the female of the male fern)

laˈdy-help noun

A woman paid to assist in housework, but treated more or less as one of the family

lady-in-waitˈing noun

A female attendant to a lady of royal status

laˈdy-killer noun

A man who is, or fancies himself, irresistible to women

laˈdy-love noun

1. A beloved lady or woman
2. A sweetheart

Lady Muck see under muck

lady of the night noun

A euphemism for a prostitute

lady's-cuˈshion noun

The mossy saxifrage

lady's finger or lady's fingers noun

1. A name for many plants, esp the kidney-vetch
2. Okra
3. A finger-shaped sponge cake

laˈdy's-maid noun

A lady's female attendant, responsible for her clothes, etc

lady's-mantˈle noun

A genus (Alchemilla) of plants of the rose family with small, yellowish-green flowers and leaves like folded drapery

lady's-slippˈer noun

A genus (Cypripedium) of orchids with a large slipper-like lip

laˈdy's-smock or laˈdy-smock noun

The cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis), a cruciferous meadow-plant, with pale lilac-coloured flowers

lady's-thistˈle noun

The milk thistle

lady’s tresses or ladies’ tresses noun

(sing or pl) an orchid of the genus Spiranthes with small white flowers

laˈdy-trifles plural noun (Shakespeare)

Trifles befitting a lady

find the lady see three-card trick under three

her ladyship, your ladyship and my lady

Forms of expression used in speaking of or to a person who has the title of Lady

our Lady

The Virgin Mary

(Our) Lady's bedstraw see bedstraw under bed¹