SECOND LADY Definition & Meaning

second lady

[ sek-uhnd ley-dee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

plural second ladies.

Often Second Lady. the wife of the U.S. vice president, or the wife of a current state or local official ranking immediately below the governor or mayor:
Pennsylvania's Second Lady.
Often Second Lady. the wife of the second-ranking government official of any country:
the second lady of Ghana.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of second lady¹

First recorded in 1870–75

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Example Sentences

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In one of the administration’s most unnecessary international incidents, the White House announced that second lady Usha Vance and a U.S. delegation would be visiting Greenland this week to tour the place, visit heritage sites, and go to a dogsled race.

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Last weekend, second lady Usha Chilukuri Vance shared an Instagram video from the White House announcing an upcoming trip to Greenland and offering a “special message” for its America-hating residents.

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Vance, declared on Tuesday that he’d be joining the second lady, because “there was so much excitement around Usha’s visit to Greenland this Friday that I decided that I didn’t want her to have all that fun by herself.”

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The trip marks the latest twist in what has become a tangled diplomatic journey that began with what was originally billed as a private tour by the US second lady.

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In Sisimiut, where the annual dog race is held, the mayor declined to set up a meeting with the second lady, citing next week's municipal elections as a reason.

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