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madam

[mad-uhm] / ˈmæd əm /
NOUN
a title of address
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STRONGEST


NOUN
a woman in charge of an establishment
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NOUN
a woman in charge of a brothel
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McBride thanked the chair, calling them "madam," and began to speak before Keating demanded that McBride be addressed correctly.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025

These days they joke that Maya will call Kamala “big sister general” until she earns the title of madam president.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024

Speaker Frank: A simple matter of coordination, madam.

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023

I asked the hotel manager whether there were damages to be paid; he told me, 'No madam, nothing was broken, everything was simply disassembled'.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2023

“It is very kind of you, madam, to take me in.”

From "Grendel" by John Gardner