Madame

Word MADAME
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /məˈdɑːm/

Definitions and meanings of "Madame"

What do we mean by madame?

A polite form of address for a woman or lady.

The mistress of a household.

A conceited or quarrelsome girl.

A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.

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The word "madame" in example sentences

He always preceded her pompous name of Adelaide with the title madame with an air of half respectful mockery. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Elizabeth Ashley will play the title madame in The Shakespeare Theatre Company's new production of George Bernard Shaw's ❋ Unknown (2010)

BOSS DETECTIVE: Excuse me madame, is this your purse? ❋ Unknown (2009)

The male madame is driven to extremes of emotion over office messiness. ❋ Unknown (2005)

We have a governess, who is charged with the care of us; we call her madame; and when she has laced us, our waists might be spanned, as the saying is, between one's four fingers. ❋ Various (N/A)

"Come, monsieur, you must be off; madame is here and you may be discovered." ❋ Unknown (1900)

But don't take the trouble to replace it, for madame is coming in a few days. ❋ Unknown (1900)

– Mademoiselle Fanny, I mean, just told me that madame is lying down now. ❋ Unknown (1900)

When he passed me in madame's dressing-room he made a reverence, as if I had been a court lady. ❋ Unknown (1845)

She next entered the courtyard, and looked about for a coach or chair, but, seeing none, was about to set off on foot, when a footman approached and said, "Shall I call madame's carriage?" ❋ Alexandre Dumas P��re (1836)

They all have including calling her madame president, not marc penn in public, before one primary vote was cast. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"That, madame, is a reproof which I understand very well," he said, "and which you have never spared me since that day that I killed your spaniel in a moment of passion while hunting. ❋ Unknown (1900)

“Oh, madame, that is a crime which no magistrate could possibly commit — a crime against society.” ❋ Unknown (2007)

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