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ladyship

noun

Definition of ladyship

as in madam

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Recent Examples of ladyship For almost a century, the Vogue treatment has been a perk of the first ladyship. — BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2021 Your ladyship The number of women India’s 25 high courts is rankling. — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 7 Nov. 2019 Her ladyship directed Richard and Henry to report on one another’s health in every letter home. — Julie Flavell, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2021 Streep’s chastising of Trump in her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes was derided as a sniffy display of royal hauteur, as if her ladyship had gotten her blue sash in a twist. — James Wolcott, The Hive, 19 June 2017

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Noun

This, dear sirs and madams, is where your policy reaches a truly impressive level of bureaucratic creativity.

— Yehiel Kyle Israel, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
Ladies’ first big blowup concerns a rumor that an old fair-weather friend of Myka’s is a madam.

— Judy Berman, Time, 27 Mar. 2026

Definition of madam

Noun

Bernadette’s mother Laura Gudenkauf tells PEOPLE a slightly different story, revealing that the mistress was intending to join David and Bernadette on their anniversary trip.

— Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
His reward for doing so was €10,000 a month, a flat for his mistress and various other kickbacks.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 5 July 2026

Definition of mistress

Noun

The show’s underpinned by the differences in character and country of Lady Cora and her formidable mother-in-law, the dowager Countess Violet Crawley, played by the equally formidable and much missed Dame Maggie Smith.

— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 22 July 2025
The empress dowager’s legacy Empress Dowager Ling was largely unsuccessful in her bid for power.

— Stephanie Balkwill, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025

Definition of dowager

Noun

Since then, Hills has worked in various hospitals and wards, including spending 10 years as a ward sister and a matron, which are both senior roles for nurses.

— Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026
How did a young Upper East Side matron with a small daughter and a dormant career as an art historian get here?

— Lisa Henricksson, Air Mail, 27 June 2026

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