lady
noun
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken.
ladyhood
-
a word derived from
lady.
Example Sentences
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Emma, Lady Hamilton did not start as a lady, and according to Biographer Bowen, achieved ladyhood only technically.
From Time Magazine Archive
Smoky-eyed Lucile Barrow Turner is the poised, ingratiating, slightly helpless-seeming epitome of Southern ladyhood.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I coaxed you into ladyhood, Ophelia. I taught you the ways of the court, and watched you grow into a clever and learned woman.”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
There was an unconscious refinement, and an air of ladyhood in this old woman.
From The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
The eldest of her charge, at the time this story begins, was a girl just arrived at young ladyhood, and her name was Mary.
From The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
