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milady

or ··徱

[ mi-ley-dee ]

noun

plural miladies.
  1. an English noblewoman (often used as a term of address).
  2. a woman regarded as having fashionable or expensive tastes:

    milady's spring wardrobe.



milady

/ ɪˈɪɪ /

noun

  1. (formerly) a continental title used for an English gentlewoman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of milady1

1830–40; < French < English my lady
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In his Jeeves stories, Bertie Wooster is briefly employed by a magazine called Milady's Boudoir, which was housed "in one of those rummy streets in the Covent Garden neighbourhood".

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“Let’s just say that if you want me to not release him at this point, milady, we’ll have to make a second deal.”

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“That’s a no-no, milady,” the imp said, a cold gleam in its eyes.

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Upon the home’s construction, the Tacoma News Tribune declared it “as modern as milady’s next fall chapeau.”

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“It’s bitter, it’s sweet, it feels like it has a bit of salinity to it,” said Isabel Tulloch, the head bartender at Milady’s in New York City.

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