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Definition of madam in English: madamnoun ˈmadəmˈmædəm 1Used to address or refer to a woman in a polite or respectful way. Example sentencesExamples - ‘Breakfast is served, madam,’ he said, as Alora gazed at the large plate before her, accompanied by the tall glass of orange juice which Alora liked to drink each morning.
- ‘Is it time to prepare for supper, madam?’ the heavy Greek accent said, more a statement than a question.
- Perhaps it will ease Eleanor's leaving if I were to give this to you, madam.
- He bowed deeply and said, ‘Please excuse my rudeness, madam.’
- Should we not be returning back to the manor by now, madam?
- I must confess, madam, that I have never been too fond of the countryside.
- My request to you, madam, is for your office to empower more people like myself to assist the needy and to make resources available, and perhaps consider establishing a community-based centre that will assist our communities.
- Tailored styles are already available in mainstream stores such as Marks & Spencer, Next and Debenhams, so it shouldn't be hard to find an outfit that suits you, madam.
- You're well informed, madam, I must say, for living in such a remote location as you do.
- ‘I'm sure that she appreciates your kindness, madam,’ Legacy said politely.
- "As you please, madam, " said the man who had saved us.
- ‘The cabins are small, madam,’ Edmund answered politely.
- I summoned the English accent my mother used, and said softly, ‘I'm sorry, madam.’
- As you can see madam, this is a very desirable terraced property close to all local amenities.
- ‘Erm, I'm sorry, madam, but do you have a picture of what you want? ‘she asked tentatively.’
- Thank you, sir, and thank you, madam, for your attendance.
- I mean no offense, madam, but it is obvious from your speech patterns that you were not born in this country.
- I am afraid, madam, that his grace will not be able to see you today.
- And how can I be of service to this fine young madam?
- After she was through, Vidal replied simply and tersely, ‘Are you running for office, madam?’
- 1.1 Used to address a woman at the start of a formal or business letter.
Example sentencesExamples - If you are told to address her as ‘Dear Madam’ the ending must be ‘Yours faithfully’.
- Dear Madam I have your note, but do not think I can undertake more than I originally promised, to give some informal talk about the value of the Greek Language & Literature, as objects of study, especially with reference to Mr. Evrett's absurd remark.
- 1.2 Used before a title to address or refer to a female holder of that position.
Example sentencesExamples - Madam President, this is a question of logistics.
- Madam Secretary, I'll start with you.
- Madam Speaker: Please allow the member to complete his answer in silence.
- Geena Davis, who plays President Allen on ‘Commander in Chief,’ says the country is ready for a Madam President.
- Madam Speaker, we are a city that cares about its future.
2British informal A conceited or bossy girl or young woman. she's a proper little madam Example sentencesExamples - Now, young madam, let me wager a month's salary that you, like so many of our sisters these days, are the proud and confident wearer of the latest hipsters.
- The little madams ' fancy then turned to donkey rides, which were quickly arranged.
- A few well-garlanded madams of the society crowd passed by, gossiping, their rich black minks set for the chill in the Springtime air, their heels clopping gently on the sidewalk.
- ‘I cannot possibly imagine myself wearing those,’ the proper madam muttered with utmost conviction.
- Surprising, then, that Kelly claims she was a little madam as a child.
- I tried to talk to my mother, she saw it only as my trying to move back to London to live with my grandparents and basically told me I was a snotty little madam.
- As she becomes more emotionally involved the little madam becomes mercilessly manipulative and demanding.
3A woman who runs a brothel. Example sentencesExamples - Her researches lead her to a Viennese brothel where the aged madam reveals the secret of the painting.
- When I was a Hollywood madam, I had between 20 and 70 girls working for me and once made $97,000 in a single day on commissions.
- In addition to good managerial skills, a successful madam needed the cooperation of the police and other local authorities.
- Ignorant of the law, Mona, Stella, Adelaide, and countless other honorable young women feared prosecution for money owed and futilely sought to repay their madams through prostitution.
- Here was 944 Twiggs Street, the former brothel where he lived with his Aunt Honey, the madam - now abandoned and bristling with weeds.
- Her chance came in this 15 th-century tragicomedy by Fernando de Rojas about a madam at a brothel who agrees to help a nobleman seduce a young virgin.
- Continuing to demand a percentage from madams within the new districts, grafting officials increased the protection fees for brothels operating outside of the district's limits.
- As prostitution frequently involves an economically exploitative relationship with a pimp or a madam, young girls are at even higher risk of abuse and exploitation than their older counterparts.
- If you like I could always send a note to Eileen, the madam of the brothel, getting her to collaborate my story.
- The world's first publicly listed brothel was launched by former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss at the Melbourne Stock Exchange on Thursday with investors scrambling to buy shares.
- His tales of corrupt politicians, red-light madams and greedy businessmen may have offended civic leaders in 1951, but the book became an instant classic and is still in print today.
- We crept into an antechamber lined with red velvet and faced a woman who appeared the archetypical brothel madam.
- Forget for a moment the season's immoral spending and hear the tale of the Edinburgh madam whose brothel was a thorn in the side of the residents of upmarket Stockbridge.
- As long as brothel madams and their prostitutes paid their monthly fines and sought to keep drunkenness, violence, theft and other disorderly behavior to a minimum, the police left them alone.
- Then there are the traffickers in the destination countries - the madams of the brothels, and the middlemen involved in the provision of labour.
- A few years ago I became a madam, running a string of girls of my own.
- Yet again, there is little evidence to support this claim and much to suggest that Mitchell actually based the character on a madam from her husband's hometown of Lexington, Kentucky.
- The 45-year-old mother of four is a millionaire entrepreneur who made her fortune as a brothel madam on the Kalgoorlie goldfields.
- Some forms of disorder became more discreet, as law enforcers concentrated brothels in red-light districts and compelled madams to shield prostitution from public view.
- She was forced to work as a prostitute for one and a half years, and her madam demanded she hand over all her earnings.
Origin Middle English: from Old French ma dame 'my lady'. Definition of madam in US English: madamnounˈmædəmˈmadəm 1Used to address or refer to a woman in a polite or respectful way. Example sentencesExamples - He bowed deeply and said, ‘Please excuse my rudeness, madam.’
- ‘The cabins are small, madam,’ Edmund answered politely.
- After she was through, Vidal replied simply and tersely, ‘Are you running for office, madam?’
- Thank you, sir, and thank you, madam, for your attendance.
- ‘I'm sure that she appreciates your kindness, madam,’ Legacy said politely.
- I mean no offense, madam, but it is obvious from your speech patterns that you were not born in this country.
- I summoned the English accent my mother used, and said softly, ‘I'm sorry, madam.’
- You're well informed, madam, I must say, for living in such a remote location as you do.
- ‘Erm, I'm sorry, madam, but do you have a picture of what you want? ‘she asked tentatively.’
- My request to you, madam, is for your office to empower more people like myself to assist the needy and to make resources available, and perhaps consider establishing a community-based centre that will assist our communities.
- Should we not be returning back to the manor by now, madam?
- And how can I be of service to this fine young madam?
- As you can see madam, this is a very desirable terraced property close to all local amenities.
- ‘Breakfast is served, madam,’ he said, as Alora gazed at the large plate before her, accompanied by the tall glass of orange juice which Alora liked to drink each morning.
- Tailored styles are already available in mainstream stores such as Marks & Spencer, Next and Debenhams, so it shouldn't be hard to find an outfit that suits you, madam.
- I must confess, madam, that I have never been too fond of the countryside.
- Perhaps it will ease Eleanor's leaving if I were to give this to you, madam.
- I am afraid, madam, that his grace will not be able to see you today.
- ‘Is it time to prepare for supper, madam?’ the heavy Greek accent said, more a statement than a question.
- "As you please, madam, " said the man who had saved us.
- 1.1 Used to address a woman at the start of a formal or business letter.
Example sentencesExamples - Dear Madam I have your note, but do not think I can undertake more than I originally promised, to give some informal talk about the value of the Greek Language & Literature, as objects of study, especially with reference to Mr. Evrett's absurd remark.
- If you are told to address her as ‘Dear Madam’ the ending must be ‘Yours faithfully’.
- 1.2 Used before a title to address or refer to a female holder of that position.
Example sentencesExamples - Madam Speaker: Please allow the member to complete his answer in silence.
- Geena Davis, who plays President Allen on ‘Commander in Chief,’ says the country is ready for a Madam President.
- Madam Secretary, I'll start with you.
- Madam Speaker, we are a city that cares about its future.
- Madam President, this is a question of logistics.
- 1.3 A woman who runs a brothel.
Example sentencesExamples - Forget for a moment the season's immoral spending and hear the tale of the Edinburgh madam whose brothel was a thorn in the side of the residents of upmarket Stockbridge.
- Yet again, there is little evidence to support this claim and much to suggest that Mitchell actually based the character on a madam from her husband's hometown of Lexington, Kentucky.
- As prostitution frequently involves an economically exploitative relationship with a pimp or a madam, young girls are at even higher risk of abuse and exploitation than their older counterparts.
- Her researches lead her to a Viennese brothel where the aged madam reveals the secret of the painting.
- She was forced to work as a prostitute for one and a half years, and her madam demanded she hand over all her earnings.
- The world's first publicly listed brothel was launched by former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss at the Melbourne Stock Exchange on Thursday with investors scrambling to buy shares.
- In addition to good managerial skills, a successful madam needed the cooperation of the police and other local authorities.
- Some forms of disorder became more discreet, as law enforcers concentrated brothels in red-light districts and compelled madams to shield prostitution from public view.
- Ignorant of the law, Mona, Stella, Adelaide, and countless other honorable young women feared prosecution for money owed and futilely sought to repay their madams through prostitution.
- The 45-year-old mother of four is a millionaire entrepreneur who made her fortune as a brothel madam on the Kalgoorlie goldfields.
- Then there are the traffickers in the destination countries - the madams of the brothels, and the middlemen involved in the provision of labour.
- Her chance came in this 15 th-century tragicomedy by Fernando de Rojas about a madam at a brothel who agrees to help a nobleman seduce a young virgin.
- Continuing to demand a percentage from madams within the new districts, grafting officials increased the protection fees for brothels operating outside of the district's limits.
- Here was 944 Twiggs Street, the former brothel where he lived with his Aunt Honey, the madam - now abandoned and bristling with weeds.
- We crept into an antechamber lined with red velvet and faced a woman who appeared the archetypical brothel madam.
- When I was a Hollywood madam, I had between 20 and 70 girls working for me and once made $97,000 in a single day on commissions.
- His tales of corrupt politicians, red-light madams and greedy businessmen may have offended civic leaders in 1951, but the book became an instant classic and is still in print today.
- A few years ago I became a madam, running a string of girls of my own.
- If you like I could always send a note to Eileen, the madam of the brothel, getting her to collaborate my story.
- As long as brothel madams and their prostitutes paid their monthly fines and sought to keep drunkenness, violence, theft and other disorderly behavior to a minimum, the police left them alone.
Origin Middle English: from Old French ma dame ‘my lady’. |