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m'lady

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m'lady

  • /məˈleɪdi/

Rhymes with -eɪdi

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Elision of my + lady.

noun m'ladies · milady

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

verb m'ladies · m'ladying · m'ladied · milady

  1. To address as “m’lady”. […]when people living in the same social set m’lorded and m’ladied each other with much frequency.

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"m'lady." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/m'lady. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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m'lady. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/m'lady

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"m'lady." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/m'lady.

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@misc{m_lady_2026,
  title = {m'lady},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/m'lady},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}