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English
Etymology
As a lavatory for women, via misspelling of ladies'. Compare gents.
Pronunciation
Noun
ladies
- plural of lady
2014, C.S. Walter, Abandoned Bridges, pp. 105 f.:He wet his thumb with saliva pressing on the tongue, ran it up and down faster over the letter 'I' of 'TOILET', the 'LADIES TOILET' was transformed into 'LADIES TO LET' in no time.
- (obsolete) genitive of lady
1589–1593, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, act IV, scene iii, page 24:Vrge not my fathers anger (Eglamoure) / But thinke vpon my griefe (a Ladies griefe) / And on the iuſtice of my flying hence, / To keepe me from a moſt vnholy match, / Which heauen and fortune ſtill rewards with plagues.
1690, John Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: A Tragedy Acted at the Theatre Royal, London: Jo. Hindmarſh, act V, page 118:And ſince not only a dead Fathers fame, / But more a Ladies honour muſt be touch’d, / Which nice as Ermines will not bear a Soil ; / Let all retire ; that you alone may hear / What ev’n in whiſpers I won’d tell your ear.
- (poker slang, Texas hold 'em) An initial hand consisting of a pair of queens.
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Noun
ladies (uncountable)
- (British, euphemistic) A ladies' room: a lavatory intended for use by women.
Pardon me, I need to visit the ladies.
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References
- “ladies”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
French
Noun
ladies f
- plural of lady
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Middle English
Etymology 1
From lady + -es (“plural ending”).
Noun
ladies
- plural of lady
Etymology 2
From lady + -es (“genitive ending”).
Noun
ladies
- genitive of lady
Spanish
Noun
ladies f pl
- plural of lady