Lady


 
 
Lady

A lady is a woman who is the counterpart of a lord; or, the counterpart of a gentleman.

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The word comes from Old English hlaifdige; the first part of the word is laif, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hlaford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in dough; the sense development from bread-kneader, bread-maker, to the ordinary meaning, though not clearly to be traced historically, may be illustrated by that of lord.


 

Woman: A woman is an adult female human being, as contrasted with a man, an adult male, and a girl, a female child. The term woman (irregular plural: women) is used to indicate biological sex distinctions, cultural gender role distinctions, or both....

Lord: A lord is a male who has power and authority. It can have different meanings depending on the context of use....

Gentleman: The term gentleman (from Latin gentilis, belonging to a race or gens, and "man", cognate with the French word gentilhomme, the Spanish hombre gentil, and the Italian gentil huomo), in its original and strict signification, denoted a man of good family, the Latin generosus (its invariable translatio...


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Introduction
Etymology and Usage
In the British peerage
More recent usage: social class
More recent usage: sexism
See also
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External links
References
 


 

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