Dictionary

young lady en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see young, lady.
   • “And you need to act like a young lady.” “Why, so you can marry me off and get rid of me?” She jumped to her feet. 2003, Debra Mullins, A Necessary Bride, page 16:
   • You should try to act like a young lady, not a gang banger. 2002, Loretta J. Brunious, Constructing social reality: self-portraits of Black children, page 125:
2. A term of endearment or admonishment by adults for a young girl.
   • “Come back here, young lady! Get back here, now!” 2010, Odessa Cleveland, In the Zone of Changes, page 29:
   • Don't you "grateful" me, young lady. Get yourself ready to go with Paris to Saint Peter's church next Thursday, or I'll drag you there myself. 1986, John and Leela Hort, The Inessential Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet: A shortened and simplified version in modern English, Act 3, Scene 5, page 34

Forms

Deriveds

young-ladyish · young-lady-like · young-ladyism

Relateds

young man

Translations (19)

gd gruagach (term of address) · fr jeune fille (term of address) · hu kisasszony (an adolescent or young female) · pt rapariga (an adolescent or young female) · bg госпо́жица (an adolescent or young female) · hu kisasszony (term of address) · pt mocinha (term of address) · fr jeune fille (an adolescent or young female) · gl señorita (term of address) · lad demuazel (an adolescent or young female) · pdt Mejal (an adolescent or young female) · cst 'atsiákis (an adolescent or young female) · gl moza (an adolescent or young female) · gd rìbhinn (term of address) · pt moça (an adolescent or young female) · hu fiatalasszony (an adolescent or young female) · mk госпоѓица (term of address) · bg мома́ (an adolescent or young female) · bg дево́йка (an adolescent or young female)