m'lady

noun
/məˈleɪdi/

Etymology

Elision of my + lady.

Definitions

  1. My Lady (used to address peers temporal, judges, etc).

  2. To address as “m’lady”.

    • […]when people living in the same social set m’lorded and m’ladied each other with much frequency.
    • […]lavishly “M’Ladyed,” as was the fashion of the day.

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