first lady meaning: definition, quotations

first lady

nounalso spelled First Lady

The leading woman in a specified field of endeavor.

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:
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:

Derived terms: first ladyship
Related terms: first, First Family, first family, First Gentleman, first gentleman, First Lady, lady, Second Lady, second lady, prima donna

First Lady

noun

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.

The wife of a pastor.

Alternative letter-case form of first lady.

Related terms: first, First Daughter, First Family, First Gentleman, first lady, FLOTUS, lady, Second Lady, second lady, prima donna
Coordinate terms: First Gentleman, First Partner