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Ladies

Lady \La"dy\ (l[=a]"d[y^]), n.; pl. Ladies (l[=a]"d[i^]z). [OE. ladi, l[ae]fdi, AS. hl[=ae]fdige, hl[=ae]fdie; AS. hl[=a]f loaf + a root of uncertain origin, possibly akin to E. dairy. See Loaf, and cf. Lord.]

  1. A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.

    Agar, the handmaiden of Sara, whence comest thou, and whither goest thou? The which answered, Fro the face of Sara my lady.
    --Wyclif (Gen. xvi. 8.).

  2. A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord. ``Lord or lady of high degree.''
    --Lowell.

    Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, . . . We make thee lady.
    --Shak.

  3. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.

    The soldier here his wasted store supplies, And takes new valor from his lady's eyes.
    --Waller.

  4. A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right.

  5. A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.

  6. A wife; -- not now in approved usage.
    --Goldsmith.

  7. Hence: Any woman; as, a lounge for ladies; a cleaning lady; also used in combination; as, saleslady.

  8. (Zo["o]l.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates.

    Ladies' man, a man who affects the society of ladies.

    Lady altar, an altar in a lady chapel.
    --Shipley.

    Lady chapel, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

    Lady court, the court of a lady of the manor.

    Lady crab (Zo["o]l.), a handsomely spotted swimming crab ( Platyonichus ocellatus) very common on the sandy shores of the Atlantic coast of the United States.

    Lady fern. (Bot.) See Female fern, under Female, and Illust. of Fern.

    Lady in waiting, a lady of the queen's household, appointed to wait upon or attend the queen.

    Lady Mass, a Mass said in honor of the Virgin Mary.
    --Shipley.

    Lady of the manor, a lady having jurisdiction of a manor; also, the wife of a manor lord.

    Lady's maid, a maidservant who dresses and waits upon a lady.
    --Thackeray.

    Our Lady, the Virgin Mary.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
ladies

plural of lady (q.v.).

Wiktionary
ladies

n. 1 (lady English)Category:English plurals 2 (context British English) A toilet for women or girls.

Wikipedia
Ladies (Sarai song)

"Ladies" is a song by Sarai, released as a single in 2003. It peaked at number 28 on the U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 chart.

Usage examples of "ladies".

He admired the drawling elegance of the wealthy rice and cotton planters, who rode into Savannah from their moss-hung kingdoms, mounted on thoroughbred horses and followed by the car­riages of their equally elegant ladies and the wagons of their slaves.

Occasionally when the slight breeze veered, puffs of smoke from the long barbecue pits floated over the crowd and were greeted with squeals of mock dismay from the ladies and violent flappings of palmetto fans.

You don’t have to listen to a lot of daft old ladies who’ve never had a life.

There were all these yokels in their big boots and everything, straw wigs and everything, clumping around pretending to be lords and ladies and everything, and getting it all wrong.

You don't have to listen to a lot of daft old ladies who've never had a life.

But this was short, lightweight, fletched with narrow, gray feathers-the sort of thing children and soft-bred court ladies shot at marsh birds with.

He rolled his eyes briefly heavenward, as if seeking advice from his ancestors-not, he reflected, that any of the lunatic berserkers whose seed had spawned him had ever found themselves in the position of teaching a bunch of soft-bred and lily-handed ladies the grim arts of war.

The liquid deeps of the mirror showed her another candle, and its sheen rippled over a gown of brown velvet, tagged with the pale ecru lace such as the ladies of the Bight Islands made, with a delicate face lost in shadow above.

And yes, part of it's because of the ladies whom I don't want to see get their throats cut in your damfool enterprise-"

This by reason of his flagrant violation of the laws of the City of Mandrigyn, and for his wanton corruption of the morals of the ladies of Mandrigyn.

Most of the women in the crowd were silent and looked across at him and at the ladies he had trained with wariness and disapproval, with the anger of those who had something taken from them without their consent and who did not want what was offered in return.

And raising good cotton, riding well, shoot­ing straight, dancing lightly, squiring the ladies with ele­gance and carrying one’s liquor like a gentleman were the things that mattered.

But the planters’ ladies and the planters’ slaves could not overlook the fact that he was not born a gentleman, even if their men folks could.

That would be fatal, as only old men and very old ladies could belch without fear of social disapproval.

Simultaneously, the three young ladies raised lacy parasols, said they had had quite enough to eat thank you, and, laying light fingers on the arms of the men nearest them, clamored sweetly to see the rose garden, the spring and the summerhouse.