milady
Americannoun
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an English noblewoman (often used as a term of address).
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a woman regarded as having fashionable or expensive tastes.
milady's spring wardrobe.
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of milady
1830–40; < French < English my lady
Example Sentences
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The sea was there, and the hills, and bartenders, housekeepers and porters speaking English salted with patois, exclaiming, “Milady, milady, welcome!”
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2016
See you next year, milord, milady, when we’ll pick apart Season 3 with just as much delight, I hope.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2012
Actress Kerr is milady to the Cambridge quaver.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unless her name is Madame Ky, milady can accomplish and recover from all her rearrangements while her friends think she is on a three-week jaunt around Japan.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Slow and careful like, milady," he warned as he took the bridle of her horse.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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