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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ladyship
Noun
  • The story centers on a high-end D.C. madam who goes into witness protection and flees to Maine with her daughter; Gillen will reportedly play business exec Carl Milliken III.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Sep. 2025
  • In the Untitled Witness Protection pilot, a violent confrontation drives a high-end D.C. madam, Remy (Brie), to turn on her partner and enter witness protection in seaside Maine with her adolescent daughter.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • First, Donald asks his old pal Chubs to get rid of his mistress, Betty Jo; in exchange, Marty can head up Donald’s gubernatorial security detail.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Between the running and reading is the music, the ever-present mistress in his life and the only thing that's been around longer than his beloved wife.
    Otto Rabe, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The show’s underpinned by the differences in character and country of Lady Cora and her formidable mother-in-law, the dowager Countess Violet Crawley, played by the equally formidable and much missed Dame Maggie Smith.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 22 July 2025
  • The empress dowager’s legacy Empress Dowager Ling was largely unsuccessful in her bid for power.
    Stephanie Balkwill, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Madam Poppy Pomfrey played a vital role in the lives of Hogwarts students as a matron, who nursed the sick and injured.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The two women couldn’t be more different, but when a wealthy matron is found dead of an apparent suicide on the rocky shore of Vermont’s Lake Champlain, their fraught relationship gradually turns into a productive collaboration, despite Olivia’s missteps.
    Liza Tully, People.com, 6 July 2025

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“Ladyship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ladyship. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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