lady friend

noun

1

: a female friend

no other relatives … no lady friend with whom you could stay

—William Black

less a secretary than an intimate lady friend

—H. J. Laski

2

: a man's female companion

soldiers, and bankers, and their wives and lady friends

—New Yorker

spending the day at the beach with his lady friend

3

: the female partner in an intimate especially an illicit relationship : lover, mistress

Word History

First Known Use

1733, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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