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madam
[ mad-uhm ]
noun
- (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
/ ˈ³¾Ã¦»åÉ™³¾ /
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
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of madam1
Example Sentences
"How would madam like her hair today?" teased Mrs Bennett, combing the hair of one of her four-year-old charges.
Usually, I just say, ‘I would take off my sunglasses, madam, but my pants would fall down.’
These days they joke that Maya will call Kamala “big sister general†until she earns the title of madam president.
This dragon dance is extremely costly, as everyone from Rhaenyra to a pleasure house’s madam warned us it would be.
“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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