Lady

Lady

1. An aristocratic title for a woman; the wife of a lord and/or a woman who holds the position in her own right; a title for a peeress, the wife of a peer or knight, and the daughters and daughters-in-law of certain peers.

   Sir John Smith and Lady Smith.

   Would Lady Macbeth care for dessert?

   • 1893, Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan i 1

     How do you do, Lady Windermere?

2. (Britain, birdwatching) Lady Amherst's pheasant.
3. (Wicca) A high priestess.

Lady

1. The title for the (primary) female deity in female-centered religions.

   My Lady, will you not take pity on me?

   1. (in particular) The major supernatural figurehead in the Wiccan religion, a triune goddess split into the Mother, Maiden, and Crone.
      • 2002, A.J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 90:

        ...different stages of life as represented by our Lady as Maiden, Mother, and Crone, as well as our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.

      • 2003, Carl McColman, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Paganism, page 46:

        The Lord and the Lady Actually, when I say that Wicca is a Goddess tradition, I'm really only telling half of the story.

      • 2004, Aurora Greenbough, Cathy Jewell, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Spells and Spellcraft, page 9:

        The Lady is often thought of as having three aspects: Maiden, Mother, and Crone.

• (religious senses): Goddess

• (Wicca): Lord, Horned God, God

• (Wicca): Lord

• Lord

• Daly, Dyal, Lyda, layd, yald

From English lady/Lady.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛɪ̯di], [ˈleːdi]
• Hyphenation: La‧dy

Lady f (genitive Lady, plural Ladys or Ladies)

1. lady/Lady

• First Lady

• Lady in Duden online