first lady

1. often First Lady The wife or hostess of the chief executive of a country, state, or city.

2. The foremost woman of a specified group or profession: the first lady of the American theater.

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first lady

n (often capitals)

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in the US) the wife or official hostess of a chief executive, esp of a state governor or a president

2. a woman considered to be at the top of her profession or art: the first lady of jazz.

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first′ la′dy

1. (often caps.) the wife of the president of the U.S. or of the governor of a state.

2. the wife of the head of any country.

3. the foremost woman in any art, profession, or the like.

[1850–55]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	first lady - the leading woman in an art or profession achiever, succeeder, winner, success - a person with a record of successes; "his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success"
	2.	first lady - the wife of a chief executive married woman, wife - a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

Translations

first lady

First Lady

n (Am) → moglie f del presidente

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"Take that," said he, "my dear; it belonged to my mother, and afterwards to the first Lady Binkie.

He swore it was as good as a play to see her in the character of a fine dame, and he made her put on one of the first Lady Crawley's court-dresses, swearing (entirely to Miss Horrocks' own concurrence) that the dress became her prodigiously, and threatening to drive her off that very instant to Court in a coach- and-four.

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She was the first lady whom he had ever addressed, and he could have bitten out his tongues when he remembered the form of his doing so.

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As she is a woman of very great note, I shall easily find her out, and I make no doubt of being very well and kindly received by her."--"I would not have your la'ship too confident of that," cries Honour; "for the first lady I lived with used to invite people very earnestly to her house; but if she heard afterwards they were coming, she used to get out of the way.

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A man so much in want of airing that he had a blue mould upon him, sat watching this dark place from a hole in a corner, like a spider; and he told her that he would send a message up to Miss Dorrit by the first lady or gentleman who went through.

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Some of our number were ambitious, and would hear to nothing but the probability, nay, the certainty, of our being purchased, as soon as our arrival in Paris should be made known, by the king, in person, and presented to the dauphine, then the first lady in France.

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"O, it does," said the first lady, eagerly; "I've lived many years in Kentucky and Virginia both, and I've seen enough to make any one's heart sick.

"Indeed, ma'am, you can know nothing of them, if you say so," answered the first lady, warmly.

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The initiation and naming 'ceremony' took place at the Hola Referral Hospital, when the First Lady opened a 60-bed maternal and neonatal unit.

First Lady now called 'Dhiramo Kenyatta'

After the conclusion of her tour, during which the First Lady was given a brief glimpse into Seychelle's rich culture and traditions.

First Lady tours Seychellois National History Museum and visits Perserverance Secondary School

According to the Office of the First Lady, the name of the program 'SHE's You' (She is you) comes from the backdrop that Mrs.

Clar Weah hosts West African First Ladies