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madam - definition and meaning
Definitions
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noun A polite form of address for a woman or lady .
noun The mistress of a household .
noun colloquial A conceited or quarrelsome girl .
noun slang A woman who runs a brothel .
Etymologies
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From Old French madame , from ma ‘my’ + dame ‘lady’, from post-classical Latin mea domina .
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The Financial consultant and former madam is running on a platform that centers around legalizing marijuana, prostitution and gay marriage.
Meet New York's Other Gubernatorial Candidates Simon McCormack 2010
The Financial consultant and former madam is running on a platform that centers around legalizing marijuana, prostitution and gay marriage.
Meet New York's Other Gubernatorial Candidates Simon McCormack 2010
The Financial consultant and former madam is running on a platform that centers around legalizing marijuana, prostitution and gay marriage.
Meet New York's Other Gubernatorial Candidates The Huffington Post News Team 2010
The D.C. madam is going to list the names of famous Republicans who used her female escort service.
Easter Lemming Liberal News 2007
The D.C. madam is going to list the names of famous Republicans who used her female escort service.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
I did not understand anything of that; but I answered, ‘I am sure they call her madam , and she does not go to service nor do housework’; and therefore I insisted that she was a gentlewoman, and I would be such a gentlewoman as that.
Moll Flanders 2003
Thee must not go near the pound, until thee knows for certain the maid thee calls madam can be saved.
Nick of the Woods Robert M. Bird
I did not understand anything of that; but I answered, 'I am sure they call her madam , and she does not go to service nor do housework'; and therefore I insisted that she was a gentlewoman, and I would be such a gentlewoman as that.
The Fortunes And Misfortunes Of The Famous Moll Flanders Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 1923
He will be able, so he says, to get the house lathed and plastered; and madam – well, madam is going down to Winnipeg, and there will be wonderful shopping and goings-on.
Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910
At the mention of the word madam , she colored slightly.
Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem A Novel 1902
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