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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

la·dy·ship / ˈlādēˌship/ • n. (Her/Your Ladyship) a respectful form of reference or address to a woman who has a title: the car is outside, Your Ladyship. ∎ ironic a form of reference or address to a woman thought to be acting in a pretentious or snobbish way: bow everyone, Her Ladyship's actually gracing us with her presence!

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