Definitions for madamˈmæd əm; meɪˈdæm, -ˈdɑm

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

mad•am*ˈmæd əm; meɪˈdæm, -ˈdɑm(n.)(pl.)mes•dames; mad•ams

  1. (often cap.) a respectful term of address to a woman.

  2. a woman in charge of a household.

  3. the woman in charge of a brothel.

* for 1 ;for 2,3 ..

Origin of madam:

1250–1300; ME< OF my lady; see dame

Princeton's WordNet

  1. dame, madam, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman(noun)

    a woman of refinement

    "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady"

  2. madam, brothel keeper(noun)

    a woman who runs a house of prostitution

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. madam(noun)ˈmæd əm

    used in formal letters to address a woman

    Dear Sir or Madam

Wiktionary

  1. madam(Noun)

    A polite form of address for a woman or lady.

  2. madam(Noun)

    The mistress of a household.

  3. madam(Noun)

    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.

  4. madam(Noun)

    A woman who runs a brothel.

    When she was getting too old to work as a prostitute she became a madam.

  5. Origin: From madame, from ma ‘my’ + dame ‘lady’, from post-classical Latin mea domina.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Madam(noun)

    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


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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

madam(noun)

a polite form of address to a woman.

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