[Lexicog] First Lady

[Fritz Goerling]

Chaz,

 

This would show to me (also in English and German) that a female head of
State

would not be called First Lady (maybe Mrs. President). I cannot imagine that
Hillary Rodham Clinton, should she make it to the top, would be called the
First Lady (maybe I am wrong). What I find very funny is the coinage First
Gentleman.

How about Primero Senor or el Hombre Primero in Spanish? Just kidding.

 

Fritz

When Panama's president was a woman (1999-2004) the first lady (Primera 
Dama) was her sister. I'm not sure what they would have called the 
president's husband but she was not married at the time.

-Chaz



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