first-ladyship

plural first-ladyships

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of first ladyship.

   Most of the reigning beauties also meet democracy’s most demanding criterion of successful first-ladyship: each, in her way, embodies her country’s ideal of womanhood.

   1962 June 8, “World: Reigning Beauties”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2024

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   Meanwhile, trails for C4's Married to The Prime Minister had hinted that Cherie Blair might offer up some revealing insights into the business of British first-ladyship, but in fact she was barely there, and when she was she looked like she'd rather be almost anywhere else, possibly even at juggling practice.

   2005 December 10, Kathryn Flett, “Off our rockets”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2014

   As journalists monitor the promotion of unqualified family members in our current White House, it may be hard to decipher the differences between an indifferent spouse and a woman who’s been told to keep quiet, or a robust first-ladyship and a wife reaping political benefits she didn’t earn.

   2017 August 8, Christina Cauterucci, “France Is Trying to Decide Whether Being a First Lady Should Be a Real Job Or Not”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2019