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- noun US A form of address for a
woman .
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Examples
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"gentlelady" were put in place: "So that if you have an impulse to say something uncivil, it will sound really inappropriate in that context."
Fore, right! JOCELYN NOVECK 2010
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"For what purpose does the gentlelady from Oklahoma rise?"
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My mother received the Keep America Beautiful lifetime achievement award in 1997 for the work that she has done, starting programs like the gentlelady from California is mentioning in her bill.
Wonk Room » Rep. Doris Matsui: The Importance of Planting Trees 2009
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The gentlelady from Tennessee asked me whether my program would hurt not-for-profit organizations in the name of fighting global warming:
Wonk Room » Rep. Doris Matsui: The Importance of Planting Trees 2009
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I liked to talk about her — the loud and proud gentlelady from Ohio, the sassy fighter for social justice who always wore bright red power suits, the woman who refused to shake your hand when she met you insisting on a hug instead.
Matthew Segal: A Tribute To My Friend, Stephanie Tubbs Jones 2008
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The freshman "gentlelady from Washington" rounded up 43 votes, enough to sustain a filibuster and stop Stevens.
Sound Politics: McGavick = Human, Liberal Bloggers = Angry 2006
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The most irreconcilable part of this transcript, however, is that The Speaker Pro Tempore referred to Ms. Schmidt as a “gentlelady”!
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To the first woman speaker in our history, the gentlelady from California, Nancy Pelosi.
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JOHN BOEHNER (R), OHIO: To the first woman speaker in our history, the gentlelady from California, Nancy Pelosi.
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The Speaker Pro Tempore: The gentlelady from Ohio is recognized for one minute.
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