"young lady" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: young ladies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} young lady (plural young ladies)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see young, lady. Categories (topical): People Derived forms: young-ladyish, young-ladyism Related terms: young man
    Sense id: en-young_lady-en-noun-PTGY21NN Disambiguation of People: 46 54
  2. A term of endearment or admonishment by adults for a young girl. Categories (topical): People Translations (term of address): jeune fille [feminine] (French), señorita [feminine] (Galician), kisasszony (Hungarian), mocinha [feminine] (Portuguese), rìbhinn [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), gruagach [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-young_lady-en-noun-pMA5WDDj Disambiguation of People: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms of address, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ladino translations, Terms with Northern Ohlone translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Ladino translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Ohlone translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of 'term of address': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (an adolescent or young female): jeune fille [feminine] (French), moza [feminine] (Galician), kisasszony (Hungarian), fiatalasszony (Hungarian), demuazel (Ladino), 'atsiákis (Northern Ohlone), Mejal [feminine] (Plautdietsch), moça [feminine] (Portuguese), rapariga [feminine] (Portuguese)
Disambiguation of 'an adolescent or young female': 55 45

Inflected forms

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