first ladyshipとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

first-ladyship (countable and uncountable, plural first-ladyships)

1. Alternative form of first ladyship.
   • 1962 June 8, “World: Reigning Beauties”, in Time‎, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 3 December 2024:

     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.

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

     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.

   • 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 3 March 2019:

     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.