first lady
[ furst leee-dee ]
/ ˈfɜrst ˈlei di /
noun, plural first la·dies.
(often initial capital letters)
the wife of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
(often initial capital letters)
the wife of the head of any country: the First Lady of Brazil.
the foremost woman in any art, profession, or the like: first lady of the American theater.
Origin of first lady
First recorded in 1850–55
Words nearby first lady
Example sentences from the Web for first lady
Plenty of POTUS and first-lady aspirants failed to bounce back lickety-split.
It has already given at least one Republican first-lady hopeful some big public-relations troubles.
British Dictionary definitions for first lady
first lady
noun (often capitals)
(in the US) the wife or official hostess of a chief executive, esp of a state governor or a president
a woman considered to be at the top of her profession or art
the first lady of jazz