Noun: Lady Godiva
- According to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080)
- Godiva
Type of: Lady [Brit], noblewoman [Brit], peeress [Brit]
Encyclopedia: Lady Godiva