as in lady
a woman of high birth or social position
the 18th-century quack Franz Anton Mesmer specialized in the curing of those mysterious ailments of which pampered miladies often complained
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Noun
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The lady Rams brought home the CIF girls soccer championship title for the first time since the school's 1982 inaugural season.—
Rina Nakano,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026 -
The lady writing to you is almost 100 years old.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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Behind them, a Regency-era queen was undergoing WIG PREP, which is the work that’s done beneath the actual wig, while WIG STYLING is the assembling of the wig itself.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Pockets are a negligible detail for many, but certainly not for the beloved queen.—
Laura Scafati,
Vanity Fair,
30 Mar. 2026
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It had supposedly been made in the nineteen-forties, for an Italian countess or an English lady, then scrapped, and afterward either smuggled out of the workroom by a starry-eyed seamstress or, with the atelier head’s approval, given to one of the in-house models.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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Lang went on to appear in most of Fuller’s films, including playing a rebellious German countess in his 1980 war epic The Big Red One, and several by their friend Wim Wenders.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
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The show shifts between Jane’s time under the duchess’ employ, her varied romances and the police investigation into what happened to Thomas.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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As one of the evening's hosts, multi-hyphenated talent Regina King wore an icy blue custom duchess satin Louis Vuitton dress.—
Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Milady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milady. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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