The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lords and Ladies \Lords" and La"dies\n. (Bot.)
The European wake-robin ( Arum maculatum), -- those with
purplish spadix the lords, and those with pale spadix the
ladies.
--Dr. Prior.
Wiktionary
n. ''Arum maculatum'', a common woodland plant species of the Araceae family.
Wikipedia
Lords and Ladies is the fourteenth Discworld book by Terry Pratchett. It was originally published in 1992. Much of the storyline spoofs elements of Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Lords and Ladies or Lords-and-ladies can be:
- Arum maculatum, a flowering plant
- Arum italicum, Italian Lords and Ladies, a flowering plant
- Lords and Ladies (novel), a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett
- Lords and Ladies, a fictional TV show from the Max Payne video games
- Members of the peerage
Usage examples of "lords and ladies".
As the lords and ladies guffawed and giggled, the little men came together with a crash and a clatter, and the wolf knight's lance struck the helm of the stag knight and knocked his head clean off.
And as lords and ladies never notice the little grey mice under their feet, Arya heard all sorts of secrets just by keeping her ears open as she went about her duties.
There was no talk in all England but of the new baby, Edward Tudor, Prince of Wales, who lay lapped in silks and satins, unconscious of all this fuss, and not knowing that great lords and ladies were tending him and watching over him- and not caring, either.
The garden then had been full of the rustle of brocade and silk, of lords and ladies laughing, with hawks on their fists and a merry song on their lips.