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ladies and gentlemen

noun

Etymology

Around 1750, the form gentlemen and ladies was more common, but from 1770 the ladies-first word order predominates.

Definitions

  1. Used as a vocative to address an audience.

    • […] a Master of Ceremonies' words "Ladies and gentlemen" […] interpellates those being addressed as an audience, and one that is differentiated by gender.

  2. Public toilets

    Public toilets: a ladies' room and a gentlemen's room.

    • There are quays there and lamps and some squares of grass; a ladies and gentlemen, and a cinema.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ladies and gentlemen. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA