ladyship

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a respectful title or form of reference for a woman who holds or is entitled to a rank of nobility

   Her ladyship asked the servant to bring the carriage at nine.

2. 2
   noun

   a formal way of addressing or referring to a female judge

   The barrister directed the final question to her ladyship.

From Middle English ladyship, formed from lady + -ship. The suffix denotes rank, office, or status, as in lordship. In direct address it normally appears as Your Ladyship; in reference, as Her Ladyship.

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