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LADY FRIEND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lady friend mean? 

LADY FRIEND (noun)
  The noun LADY FRIEND has 1 sense:

1. a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involvedplay

  Familiarity information: LADY FRIEND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LADY FRIEND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

girl; girlfriend; lady friend

Context example:

his girlfriend kicked him out

Hypernyms ("lady friend" is a kind of...):

lover (a person who loves someone or is loved by someone)

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))


 Context examples 


"Oh, just a lady friend," was his answer.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"Who was that lady friend I seen you with that night?" she asked abruptly.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"They're goin' to have beer, an' if that Temescal bunch comes, there'll be a rough-house. I don't care, though. I'm takin' my lady friend just the same. Cripes, but I've got a taste in my mouth!"

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"She's my lady friend," Jim explained, "and she's a peach. I'd introduce you to her, only you'd win her. I don't see what the girls see in you, honest I don't; but the way you win them away from the fellers is sickenin'."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



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