lady meaning
EN
[ˈleɪdi] [-eɪdi] 
US WLady
- The word lady is a civil term of respect for a woman, specifically the female equivalent to gentleman or lord, and in many contexts a term for any adult woman.
FR lady 
- NounPLladies
- (historical) The mistress of a household.
- "he said to her, From whence comest thou Hagar, the servantess of Sarai (Sarai’s slave-girl), and whither goest thou? Which answered, I flee from the face of Sarai, my lady.”
- A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
- ‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.
- The feminine of lord.
- A title for someone married to a lord.
- A title for somebody married to a gentleman.
- A title that can be used instead of the formal terms of marchioness, countess, viscountess, or baroness.
- (polite or used by children) A woman: an adult female human.
- Please direct this lady to the soft furnishings department.
- (in the plural) A polite reference or form of address to women.
- The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.
- (slang) Used to address a female.
- Hey, lady, move your car!
- (ladies' or ladies) Toilets intended for use by women.
- (familiar) A wife or girlfriend; a sweetheart.
- A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound.
- (slang) A queen (the playing card).
- (dated, attributive, with a professional title) Who is a woman.
- A lady doctor.
- (Wicca) Alternative form of Lady.
- The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster, consisting of calcareous plates; so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure.
- (Britain, slang) A five-pound note. (Rhyming slang, Lady Godiva for fiver.).
- (slang) A woman’s breast.
- (historical) The mistress of a household.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- That man by the bar is Frank, AKA "the lady killer."
- This old lady we picked up was spun out because she didn't manage her insulin properly.
- the perusal of the letter he had brought from his master cast a chill over things. — Kazimierz Waliszewski, Ivan the Terrible, Part 4, Chapter 2, translated by Lady Mary Loyd.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Ladies and gentleman, put your hands together for Sir Elton John!
- Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.
- Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess Victoria.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- He's a smooth one. Always trying to work his magic on the ladies.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of lady in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Nouns
- fr lady
- en ladylike
- en lady-in-waiting
- en lady-killer
- en ladybird
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "lady" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.