n. 25B6; noun
several ladies were present : WOMAN, female; Scottish & N. English lass, lassie; Brit. informal bird, bint; N. Amer. informal dame, broad, jane; Austral./NZ informal sheila; poetic/literary maid, damsel; archaic wench.
lords and ladies : NOBLEWOMAN, duchess, countess, peeress, viscountess, baroness; archaic gentlewoman.