milady
noun
an English noblewoman (often used as a term of address).
miladies
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pluralof milady.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The little Savoyard had just discharged a cargo of miladies, bound to England, after having had them on his charter-party eighteen months, and was now on the look-out for a return freight.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by James Fenimore Cooper
The nobles of England, quitting their homes, their wives, miladies and mistriss, so fair but so cold, dine universally at the tavern.
From Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray
She saw it affectionately, gleefully, rubbing its hands over its duchesses, its countesses, its miladies.
From The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett
