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mesdames

[mey-dahm, -dam, mey-dam] / meɪˈdɑm, -ˈdæm, meɪˈdam /
NOUN
a title of address
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NOUN
a woman in charge of an establishment
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NOUN
a woman in charge of a brothel
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Mesdames et messieurs, Mademoiselle Watson will serve first.

From The Guardian • May 31, 2018

To say that women like as Mesdames Hobson, Gund and Lebowitz are not its usual subjects is something of an understatement.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2015

"I love it at Monaco at the moment," Mbokani said, lurking behind David Niven dressed in a white tuxedo and saying "Mesdames at messieurs, les jeux sont faits" in a clipped voice.

From The Guardian • Oct. 28, 2010

In a half-hour the demolished table had been carted out, the chandelier swept up, and croupiers were again crying "Mesdames, Messieurs, faites vos jeux!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Goth announced "Mesdames Boulard," and three middle-aged women appeared, dressed with much coquetry, with little caps that hardly covered the tops of their heads, from beneath which escaped chignons resembling muffs.

From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de



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