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1. A polite name for any woman
   "a nice lady at the library helped me"
    
2. A woman of refinement
   "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady"
   - dame, madam, ma'am, gentlewoman

1. A woman of the peerage in Britain
   - noblewoman [Brit], peeress [Brit]

Derived forms: ladies

Type of: adult female, female aristocrat, woman

Antonym: Lord

Part of: baronage, peerage

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