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Definition of "milady" [mi•la•dy]

  • An English noblewoman or gentlewoman. (noun)
  • Used as a form of address for such a woman. (noun)
  • A chic or fashionable woman. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "milady" in a sentence
  • "After hearing him inadvertently call her "milady," she realizes he was the young servant boy she knew as a child."
  • "“I shall be but a moment, milady, while I converse with the good knight,” he explained."
  • "Or if milady has all the perfume she needs, an alternative gift worth considering is a pair of brief lace and mesh throng panties at Madison Avenue's La Perla."