ladies
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
An inflected form of lady · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 659 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 29,022 times across 191,579 chapters — 0.014% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a polite name for any woman a nice lady at the library helped me
- a woman of refinement also: dame, madam, ma'am, gentlewoman a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady
- a woman of the peerage in Britain also: noblewoman, peeress
ladies in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The young ladies who bring back the Trains.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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They would all visit Ion if the ladies there were likely to be in.
Christmas with Grandma Elsie · Martha Finley · Chapter 1
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Sure, sir, a loathed cruelty in ladies Is as to doctors many funerals: It takes away their credit.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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These ladies, Miss Gascoigne and Miss Grey, had neither called upon nor taken the least notice of Miss Oakley.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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She brought me up to royalties, and people with stars and garters, and elderly ladies with gigantic tiaras and parrot noses.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1