gentleladies
Women of breeding
Gentleladies is the plural of gentlelady, a feminine counterpart to gentlemen.
It appears in formal address—gentleladies and gentlemen—though the construction is uncommon, since ladies and gentlemen remains the standard.
The term sometimes carries a playful or ironic tone, deliberately paralleling the more familiar gentlemen.
Showing respectful consideration
- politeShowing good manners
- mannersCustoms of polite conduct
- decorumFitting social conduct
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
refined · gracious · well-bred · cultivated · finishing school · curtsy · deportment · social graces
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- formal addressRespectful way of speaking
- parlorFormal room for visitors
- drawing roomFormal reception space
chaperone · calling cards · promenade · matrons · dames · madams · dowagers · hostesses
courteous
Showing respectful consideration
propriety · refined · gracious · well-bred · cultivated · finishing school · curtsy · deportment · social graces · civility
Victorian
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- formal addressRespectful way of speaking
- parlorFormal room for visitors
drawing room · chaperone · calling cards · promenade · matrons · dames · madams · dowagers · hostesses
poise
Graceful, unshakable calm
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- refinementElegance of manner
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
dignified · composed · serene · poised · stately · regal · elegant · charm · finesse · delicate
aristocratic
Of hereditary nobility
countess · baroness · court · nobility · highborn · blue-blooded · estate · manor · lineage · dowager
gentleladiescommoners
Ordinary citizens, untitled
peasant women · churls · serfs · peasants · servants
gentlelady, gentle, gently, gentleness, gentler, gentlest, gentleman, gentlemen, gentlewoman