Iron Lady (Noun)
Meaning
British stateswoman; first woman to serve as Prime Minister (born in 1925).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Margaret Thatcher, also known as the Iron Lady, was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- She earned the nickname Iron Lady for her uncompromising leadership style and her role in the Falklands War.
- Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady of British politics, served as Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990.
- The Iron Lady, a biographical film about Margaret Thatcher, was released in 2011 starring Meryl Streep as the lead character.
- The term Iron Lady was originally used to describe Margaret Thatcher by a Soviet newspaper in 1976, due to her tough stance against communism.