lady friend

[lady friend] {n.}

1. A woman friend.

* /His aunt stays with a lady friend in Florida during the winter./

2. A woman who is the lover of a man. — Used by people trying to appear more polite, but not often used by careful speakers.

* /The lawyer took his lady friend to dinner./

Syn.: GIRLFRIEND.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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