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madam
[ mad-uhm ]
noun
plural mesdames madams
- (often initial capital letter) a polite term of address to a woman, originally used only to a woman of rank or authority:
Madam President; May I help you, madam?
- the woman in charge of a household:
Is the madam at home?
- the woman in charge of a house of prostitution.
madam
/ ˈæə /
noun
- a polite term of address for a woman, esp one considered to be of relatively high social status
- a woman who runs a brothel
- informal.a precocious or pompous little girl
- the madam informal.the lady of the house
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of madam1
C13: from Old French ma dame my lady
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"How would madam like her hair today?" teased Mrs Bennett, combing the hair of one of her four-year-old charges.
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Usually, I just say, ‘I would take off my sunglasses, madam, but my pants would fall down.’
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These days they joke that Maya will call Kamala “big sister general” until she earns the title of madam president.
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This dragon dance is extremely costly, as everyone from Rhaenyra to a pleasure house’s madam warned us it would be.
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“The madam of the house told me I should never do that, to eat from the same plate as them. It was like I was a dog,” she told me.
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