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milady
[ mi-ley-dee ]
noun
- an English noblewoman (often used as a term of address).
- a woman regarded as having fashionable or expensive tastes:
milady's spring wardrobe.
milady
/ ɪˈɪɪ /
noun
- (formerly) a continental title used for an English gentlewoman
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of milady1
Example Sentences
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".
“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.”
“That’s a no-no, milady,” the imp said, a cold gleam in its eyes.
Upon the home’s construction, the Tacoma News Tribune declared it “as modern as milady’s next fall chapeau.”
“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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