Meaning & use
Milady
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A polite or respectful form of address for a noblewoman, or a term for an elegant, well-dressed woman.
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The footman bowed and greeted her as 'milady' before opening the carriage door.
She stepped out in her finest gown, every inch a milady.
A note on using this word
Milady derives from a contraction of 'my lady' and is now mostly used in historical fiction or with a deliberately old-fashioned flourish.
Words with a similar meaning
madam
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