Noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see young, lady.
A term of endearment or admonishment by adults for a young girl.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgBut when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way. Jane Austen
And from the whole she deduced this useful lesson, that to go previously engaged to a ball, does not necessarily increase either the dignity or enjoyment of a young lady. Jane Austen
I do believe a young lady can't be too careful who she marries. Anne Brontë
No young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman's love is declared. It must be very improper that a young lady should dream of a gentleman before the gentleman is first known to have dreamt of her. Jane Austen
If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad. Jane Austen
There was a young lady named Bright, Whose speed was far faster than light; She started one day In a relative way, And returned on the previous night. Arthur Henry Reginald Buller