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m'lady

/məˈleɪdi/

m'lady noun: my Lady (used to address peers temporal, judges, etc).

Noun

m'lady (plural m'ladies)

  1. (historical, humorous, often) My Lady (used to address peers temporal, judges, etc).

Verb

m'lady (third-person singular simple present m'ladies, present participle m'ladying, simple past and past participle m'ladied)

  1. To address as “m’lady”.
    • […]when people living in the same social set m’lorded and m’ladied each other with much frequency.1929, Mrs. C. S. Peel [i.e., Constance Peel], A Hundred Wonderful Years: Social and Domestic Life of a Century, 1820-1920, London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., page 103
    • […]lavishly “M’Ladyed,” as was the fashion of the day.1932, Mrs. C. S. Peel [i.e., Constance Peel], The Stream of Time: Social and Domestic Life in England, 1805-1861, page 162

Forms of m'lady

Noun
pluralm'ladies
alternative formmilady
Verb
third-person singular presentm'ladies
present participlem'ladying
past participlem'ladied
pastm'ladied

Origin of m'lady

Elision of my + lady.

Words that rhyme with m'lady

Questions about m'lady

What does m'lady mean?
M'lady means my Lady (used to address peers temporal, judges, etc).
What part of speech is m'lady?
M'lady can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce m'lady?
M'lady is pronounced /məˈleɪdi/.
What is the plural of m'lady?
The plural of m'lady is m'ladies.

Words near m'lady in the dictionary

  1. M'Henry
  2. m'kay
  3. m'lad
  4. m'ladied
  5. m'ladies
  6. m'lady
  7. m'ladying
  8. M'lang
  9. M'Lean
  10. m'learned friends
  11. m'lord

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