Lady
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Lady is a traditional British honorific title used for women of certain ranks within the nobility and aristocracy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lady canonical | 28 |
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
form of address
ⓘ
honorific title ⓘ |
| appliesToClass |
aristocracy
ⓘ
nobility ⓘ |
| appliesToGender | female ⓘ |
| belongsToSystem | British system of titles ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Lord
ⓘ
Sir ⓘ |
| etymologyRoot | Old English hlǣfdige ⓘ |
| hasFormalityLevel | formal ⓘ |
| hasRankScope | certain ranks within the nobility ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
courtesy term lady used in everyday speech
ⓘ
generic term woman ⓘ |
| isTitleFor |
daughter of a peer
ⓘ
peeress ⓘ wife of a peer ⓘ woman holding certain titles in her own right ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
British honorifics
ⓘ
peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| semanticField |
polite address
ⓘ
social rank ⓘ |
| usedAs |
prefix to a woman’s given name and surname
ⓘ
prefix to a woman’s territorial designation ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| usedInCulture |
British aristocracy
ⓘ
British aristocracy ⓘ
surface form:
British nobility
|
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lady Caroline Bury