"Gentleman" is to "male" as what is to "female"?

grammatical-gender single-word-requests analogy

Gentlemen is to male as lady is to female. Ladies and gentlemen is used to address the audience during a speech, and ladies and gents are used on the signs of public toilets for women and men respectively.


Lady is the term, although the term gentlewoman exists.

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