first lady

noun

The leading woman in a specified field of endeavor.

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Meanings

first lady1

nounfirst lady (plural first ladies)

plural first ladies

  1. The leading woman in a specified field of endeavor.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of First Lady.

    “I go home, I tell the first lady: I spoke with Vladimir today. We had a wonderful conversation. She said: Really? Another city was just hit.”

    2025 July 15, Luke Harding, Artem Mazhulin, quoting Donald Trump, “Ukrainians hail Melania Trump after president’s change of tack over Russia”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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    President Emmanuel Macron of France and his wife Brigitte Macron this week filed a defamation lawsuit in Delaware against Candace Owens, a far-right YouTube commentator known for antisemitic rhetoric, for repeatedly claiming that the French first lady is actually a man.

    2025 July 26, Peter Baker, “From Epstein to Obama, Trump’s Washington Is Consumed by Competing Conspiracies”, in The New York Times

First Lady2

nounFirst Lady (plural First Ladies)

plural First Ladies

  1. The wife of the chief executive of a nation; especially the wife of the President of a country; or a woman (e.g. a relative) who takes on similar public duties, as when the chief executive is unmarried.
  2. The wife of a pastor.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of first lady.

Translations

Bulgarian пъ́рва да́ма
  • пъ́рва да́ма (pắrva dáma)the wife of the President of a country
Chinese Mandarin 第一夫人
  • 第一夫人 (dìyī fūrén)the wife of the President of a country
Czech první dáma
  • první dámathe wife of the President of a country
Danish førstedame
  • førstedamethe wife of the President of a country
Dutch presidentsvrouw, eerste dame
  • presidentsvrouwthe wife of the President of a country
  • eerste damethe wife of the President of a country
  • first ladythe wife of the President of a country
  • echtgenote van de presidentthe wife of the President of a country
French première dame
  • première damethe wife of the President of a country
German First Lady, Erste Dame
  • First Ladythe wife of the President of a country
  • Erste Damethe wife of the President of a country
Icelandic forsetafrú
  • forsetafrúthe wife of the President of a country
Indonesian ibu negara
  • ibu negarathe wife of the President of a country
Japanese ファーストレディ, ファーストレディー
  • ファーストレディ (fāsuto redi)the wife of the President of a country
  • ファーストレディー (fāsuto redī)the wife of the President of a country
Korean 영부인, 퍼스트 레이디
  • 영부인 (yeongbu'in)the wife of the President of a country
  • 퍼스트 레이디 (peoseuteu reidi)the wife of the President of a country
Norwegian Bokmål førstedame
  • førstedamethe wife of the President of a country
Polish pierwsza dama
  • pierwsza damathe wife of the President of a country
Portuguese primeira-dama
  • primeira-damathe wife of the President of a country
Russian пе́рвая ле́ди
  • пе́рвая ле́ди (pérvaja lédi)the wife of the President of a country
Slovak prvá dáma
  • prvá dámathe wife of the President of a country
Spanish primera dama
  • primera damathe wife of the President of a country
Swedish första dam
  • första damthe wife of the President of a country
Ukrainian пе́рша ле́ді
  • пе́рша ле́ді (pérša lédi)the wife of the President of a country
Vietnamese Đệ nhất Phu nhân
  • Đệ nhất Phu nhânthe wife of the President of a country
Cite this entry
APA

first lady. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/first%20lady

MLA

“first lady.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/first%20lady. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “first lady,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/first%20lady.

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