lady mayoress

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noun

British the wife of a lord mayor

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Words nearby lady mayoress

ladykin, ladylike, ladylove, Lady Luck, Lady Macbeth strategy, lady mayoress, Lady Muck, lady of pleasure, lady of the evening, lady of the house, Lady of the Lake

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How to use lady mayoress in a sentence

I wonder what that lady is doing now, and if she knows what she set in motion with Archer?
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Lady Rose is also rather subdued in the premiere, which is a pity.
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“Officers had to go stop an elderly lady from being assaulted,” Sgt. Houston said.
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The lady in black was reading her morning devotions on the porch of a neighboring bathhouse.
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Grandmamma sits in her quaint arm-chair— Never was lady more sweet and fair!
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The young lady, hearing his step, turned round and stood on the stair, confronting him fiercely.
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See the ease and grace of the lady in the sacque, who sits on the bank there, under the myrtles, with the guitar on her lap!
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At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.
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