“My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?”
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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Merriam-Webster
— a woman having proprietary rights or authority especially as a feudal superior
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Macmillan
— used for talking about a woman. Some people think this use is polite but other people think it is old-fashioned and prefer to use ‘woman’
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Other Word Forms
ladies