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leddy

leddy is the pronunciation 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

Proper noun capitalized: Leddy

Leddy (plural Leddys)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of leddy

Noun
pluralleddies
Proper noun
pluralLeddys

Origin of leddy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Lideadha (“descendant of Lideadh”), a personal name of unclear origin.

Questions about leddy

What does leddy mean?
Leddy means a surname from Irish.
What is leddy the pronunciation spelling of?
Leddy is the pronunciation spelling of lady.
What part of speech is leddy?
Leddy is a proper noun.

Words near leddy in the dictionary

  1. ledden
  2. Ledder
  3. Ledderhose's disease
  4. leddest
  5. leddies
  6. leddy
  7. Leddys
  8. lede
  9. lede to kum
  10. Ledean
  11. ledeburite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leddy (page history and authors); Leddy (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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