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elf-lady

elf-lady noun: an adult female elf.

Noun

elf-lady (plural elf-ladies)

  1. An adult female elf.
    • There the heroine said to the elf-lady in the evening, as she was dressing the infant: "You have had a great many visitors today."1891, Edwin Sidney Hartland, The Science of Fairy Tales, London: Walter Scott, page 64

Forms of elf-lady

pluralelf-ladies

Questions about elf-lady

What does elf-lady mean?
Elf-lady means an adult female elf.
What part of speech is elf-lady?
Elf-lady is a noun.
What is the plural of elf-lady?
The plural of elf-lady is elf-ladies.

Words near elf-lady in the dictionary

  1. elf-king
  2. elf-kings
  3. elf-knight
  4. elf-knights
  5. elf-ladies
  6. elf-lady
  7. elf-light
  8. elf-maid
  9. elf-maiden
  10. elf-maidens
  11. elf-maids

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