| • | A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a
   mistress; the female head of a household. | 
											
															| • | A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; --
   a feminine correlative of lord. | 
											
															| • | A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a
   woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; --
   the feminine correlative of gentleman. | 
											
															| • | A wife; -- not now in approved usage. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike. | 
											
															| • | The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See
   Annunciation. |