madam
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French madame, from ma ‘my’ + dame ‘lady’, from post-classical Latin mea domina.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmæd.əm/
[edit] Noun
Wikipedia madam (plural madams or mesdames)
- A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
- Mrs Grey wondered if the outfit she was trying on made her look fat. The sales assistant just said, “It suits you madam”.
- Later, Mrs Grey was sitting in her favourite tea shop. “Would madam like the usual cream cakes and patisserie with her tea?” the waitress asked.
- The mistress of a household.
- (colloquial) A conceited or quarrelsome girl.
- Selina kept pushing and shoving during musical chairs. The nursery school teacher said she was a bad-tempered little madam.
- (slang) A woman who runs a brothel.
- When she was getting too old to work as a prostitute she became a madam.
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Translations
polite term of address to a woman
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mistress of a household
conceited girl
woman who manages a brothel
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