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noun

Madam n. (pl. madams, or mesdames)

A gentlewoman; an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir; often abbreviated ma'am when used as a term of address.

The woman who is in charge of a household.

The woman who is in charge of a brothel.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Madam" Quotes from Famous Books

... my dear madam, must have a greeting, and yours has none. If the pictured room were a real room, and some one who had seen or lived in it should recognize it, it would attract his eye, but we cannot manufacture cards to meet such romantic improbabilities. I am emboldened to ask you (because ...

— The Romance of a Christmas Card • Kate Douglas Wiggin

... why, When children first are heard to cry, If boy the baby chance to be. He cries O A!—if girl, O E!— Which are, quoth he, exceeding fair hints Respecting their first sinful parents; "Oh Eve!" exclaimeth little madam, While ...

— The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore • Thomas Moore et al

... "Madam chairman!" Her face flaming, an irate woman arose. "No, I don't care whether I'm in order or not; I will be heard—Mrs. Lutz is quite right, the United States uniform is conspicuous, and has been conspicuous on many a bloody battlefield since 1776. The uniform is honored alike in court ...

— I Spy • Natalie Sumner Lincoln

... not large. And when you come to see us, you will probably have to bed at the hotel, which is hard by. But it is Eden, madam, Eden and Beulah and the Delectable Mountains and Eldorado and the Hesperidean ...

— The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson - Volume 1 • Robert Louis Stevenson

... be, madam,' said Mistress Belt, 'seeing that these bedeswomen were first instituted by a countrywoman of your own—Queen Philippa, of ...

— The Caged Lion • Charlotte M. Yonge

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