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ladye

ladye is the obsolete spelling of lady.

Meaning of lady

Noun

lady (plural ladies)

  1. (historical) The mistress of a household.
  2. A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
    • "I would like the dining room to be fully set by tonight; would you do so?" "Yes, my lady."
  3. The feminine of lord, a lordess.
    • Of all theſe bounds euen from this Line, to this, / With ſhadowie Forreſts, and with Champains rich’d / With plenteous Riuers, and wide-ſkirted Meades / We make thee Lady.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  4. A title for someone married to a lord or gentleman.
  5. A title that can be used instead of the formal terms of marchioness, countess, viscountess, or baroness.
  6. (polite) A woman: an adult female human.
    • Please direct this lady to the soft furnishings department.

See all 25 meanings of lady

Forms of ladye

pluralladyes

Questions about ladye

What is ladye the obsolete spelling of?
Ladye is the obsolete spelling of lady.

Words near ladye in the dictionary

  1. ladycow
  2. ladycows
  3. Ladyday
  4. Ladydays
  5. ladydom
  6. ladye
  7. ladyes
  8. ladyfern
  9. ladyferns
  10. ladyfied
  11. ladyfies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ladye (page history and authors); lady (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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