ladyship

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Recent Examples of ladyship Which brings us, finally, to Lady M. delightfully encapsulated by Sondra Radvanovsky, who vocally embraces all her ladyship’s contradictions. Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2021 Her ladyship directed Richard and Henry to report on one another’s health in every letter home. Julie Flavell, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2021 For almost a century, the Vogue treatment has been a perk of the first ladyship. BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2021 Your ladyship The number of women India’s 25 high courts is rankling. Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 7 Nov. 2019 Streep’s chastising of Trump in her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes was derided as a sniffy display of royal hauteur, as if her ladyship had gotten her blue sash in a twist. James Wolcott, The Hive, 19 June 2017 Streep’s chastising of Trump in her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes was derided as a sniffy display of royal hauteur, as if her ladyship had gotten her blue sash in a twist. James Wolcott, The Hive, 19 June 2017 Streep’s chastising of Trump in her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes was derided as a sniffy display of royal hauteur, as if her ladyship had gotten her blue sash in a twist. James Wolcott, The Hive, 19 June 2017 Streep’s chastising of Trump in her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes was derided as a sniffy display of royal hauteur, as if her ladyship had gotten her blue sash in a twist. James Wolcott, The Hive, 19 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ladyship
Noun
  • Obama's shocking upset over the madam-president-in-waiting was an inflection point for the institutional trajectory of the Democratic Party.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Last summer, a local housekeeper inherited a few million dollars and some cats from her French madam, who shot herself on her Samui property.
    Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In 1989, Erik confessed to his psychologist, whose mistress later reported it to the police.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 14 May 2025
  • But a bitter divorce turned deadly when Jennifer Dulos disappeared and her husband and his mistress were implicated in her murder.
    John Cassidy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The empress dowager’s legacy Empress Dowager Ling was largely unsuccessful in her bid for power.
    Stephanie Balkwill, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Playing an acid-tongue dowager or master teacher of witchcraft came naturally to her, but what thrilled her about acting was its transformative freedom.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The aristocratic matron in question, Lady Hemphill, would often accompany her husband to the Huston estate, located in the rugged pastures and boglands of County Galway, for dinner parties and hunting expeditions.
    Erik Morse, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
  • But this season, showrunner Mike White pinpoints the willful decadence of the Western world, primarily through Yankees: the husband, wife, and 2.5 children of the Ratliff family, three freewheeling feminist matrons, plus a shady white bachelor and a single black mother.
    Armond White, National Review, 9 Apr. 2025

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“Ladyship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ladyship. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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