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Lady - a woman of the peerage in Britain |
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noblewoman,
peeress |
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noble,
nobleman,
lord a titled peer of the realm
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noble,
nobleman,
lord a titled peer of the realm
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female aristocrat a woman who is an aristocrat
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baronage,
peerage the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
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britain,
u.k.,
uk,
united kingdom,
united kingdom of great britain and nort,
great britain a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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baroness a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron
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countess female equivalent of a count or earl
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duchess the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
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lady-in-waiting a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess
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marchioness,
marquise a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
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milady an English noblewoman
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lady - a polite name for any woman; "a nice lady at the library helped me" |
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adult female,
woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
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begum a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan
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