Milady (from my lady) is an english term of address to a noble woman So a male equivalent would be an older man seek. It is the female form of milord
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The plural possessive is ladies'. lady is singular, so if you were referring solely to one woman's shoes, it would be the lady's shoes. as for your second question, i'm assuming you're referring to a group of women in your salutation of them, so it would be good morning, ladies. and as you're addressing them directly, the comma preceding ladies is necessary.
Otherwise, as elliot frisch has suggested, lady is the term you want But in my opinion, if you're talking about clients of yours, be gender neutral Lady can have negative implications in this setting because it is often used in a negative fashion, e.g That lady wouldn't stop talking about.
I tried searching google ngram viewer for look lady and listen lady, both capitalized so as to occur at the start of a sentence, with the hope that these ngrams would reflect the usage of lady in a derogatory/dismissive sense It seems to have come into usage around 1950, and really took off in the late 1990s. If you are wondering why we don't write ladies's, it is because ladies is one of the exceptions, along with girls', parents', players', weeks' and even klingons' it can get a bit niggly with names too Aristophanes' plays, but jesus's miracles and (usually) james.
Where did the saying ladies first originate
Did it originally appeared in english countries, or And is this always expressed in a positive/polite tune of meaning Some websites have a different version 23 and me punctuates it lady, wife, mistress of a household
Both that and the op's link reference dictionary of american family names, 2nd edition, oxford university press, 2022, which should be your first port of call for accurate details and more information. What is the male equivalent to the term cougar The term cougar describes an older woman seeking younger men
