# Lady Bountiful

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A rich and generous woman.
2. Our Lady
3. A woman who patronisingly shows off her wealth by acts of generosity.

## Etymology
* From a character in the 18th century play The Beaux' Stratagem by George Farquhar

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lady-bountiful