A formal
title or an affectionate term for a woman. Synonym for
wife. As in
Madame, or Signora, or Mistress.
"And now my burden, it gives me pain...
For my Lord Franklin, I'd sail the main...
Ten-thousand pounds I would freely give
To know Lord Franklin and where he is..."
-Lady
Jane Franklin, her lament for her
husband, Sir John Franklin, who disappeared on an expedition.
"But
soft, what light through yonder window breaks? ...It is my lady, O it is my love!" -Romeo, Romeo and Juliette.