milady
UK/mɪˈleɪdi/
milady noun: an English noblewoman or gentlewoman; the form of address to such a person; a lady.
Noun
milady (plural miladies)
- An English noblewoman or gentlewoman; the form of address to such a person; a lady.
Verb
milady (third-person singular simple present miladies, present participle miladying, simple past and past participle miladied or miladyed)
- To address as “milady”.
- It may be as well to warn travellers of certain suspicious, half-genteel-looking men, speaking bad English, and Miladying every female.1856 August 16, “Spa”, in The Illustrated London News, volume XXIX, number 816, London: William Little […], page 162, column 2
- To the ignorant Italians who milorded or miladied them, they were always anxious to explain that they “had no titles, and would be sorry to have any,”—that the members of the House of Lords were for the most part mere upstarts, and that the true nobility of England were the old land-owners,—the...1885, Antonio [Carlo Napoleone] Gallenga, “First Repentance. […]”, in Episodes of My Second Life. (American and English Experiences.), Philadelphia, Pa.: J. B. Lippincott & Co., page 275
Examples of milady in a sentence
- With Czipra, tête-à-tête, he spoke also “per tu;” before others he miladyed her.1900, “Two Girls”, in Arthur B[attishill] Yolland, transl., Debts of Honor, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, translation of Mire...
- When the shopkeepers “miladyed” me this morning, I kept looking around to see which titled female had arrived.2019, Julia Justiss, The Earl’s Inconvenient Wife, Harlequin, →ISBN, chapter seventeen:
- He will probably try to serenade me.”[…]Prepare to be good-sirred and miladyed to death, if not by Cedric, then by his parrot.2021, Lish McBride, Curses, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, pages 137 and 234:
Forms of milady
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | miladies |
| alternative form | m'lady |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | miladies |
| present participle | miladying |
| past participle | miladied |
| past | miladied |
| past participle | miladyed |
| past | miladyed |
Origin of milady
Partly representing a colloquial pronunciation of my + lady, partly from French milady, from English my Lady. Compare milord.
Words that rhyme with milady
Questions about milady
- What does milady mean?
- Milady means an English noblewoman or gentlewoman; the form of address to such a person; a lady.
- How do you use milady in a sentence?
- With Czipra, tête-à-tête, he spoke also “per tu;” before others he miladyed her.
- What part of speech is milady?
- Milady can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce milady?
- Milady is pronounced /mɪˈleɪdi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of milady?
- The plural of milady is miladies.
Words near milady in the dictionary
Source and license
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