My Lady

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"My Lady" is a formal, respectful mode of address traditionally used when speaking to or about a woman of noble rank, such as a marchioness.

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Label Occurrences
My Lady canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf form of address ⓘ
honorific ⓘ
term of respect ⓘ
addressedBy barristers in court ⓘ
courtiers ⓘ
servants ⓘ
subjects ⓘ
addressedTo baroness ⓘ
countess ⓘ
female member of the peerage ⓘ
marchioness ⓘ
woman of higher social rank ⓘ
addressType direct address ⓘ
canBeUsedAs vocative expression ⓘ
contrastsWith My Lord ⓘ
denotes deference ⓘ
respect ⓘ
social hierarchy ⓘ
grammaticalNumber singular ⓘ
hasComponent possessive pronoun "My" ⓘ
title "Lady" ⓘ
hasFormality high ⓘ
hasGenderAssociation female ⓘ
hasHistoricalUsage early modern period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
hasPolitenessLevel respectful ⓘ
hasRegister formal ⓘ
languagePart noun phrase ⓘ
partOfSystem British honorifics ⓘ
relatedTerm Milady ⓘ
Your Ladyship ⓘ
stillInUse yes ⓘ
usedFor addressing a female peer ⓘ
addressing a lady in formal contexts ⓘ
addressing a marchioness ⓘ
addressing a woman of noble rank ⓘ
usedInContext aristocracy ⓘ
court etiquette ⓘ
formal address in law courts ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
usedInLanguage English ⓘ
usedInMedium historical drama ⓘ
literature ⓘ
spoken address ⓘ
usedInRegion Commonwealth realms ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.