madam /madˈəm/

1. A courteous form of address to a woman, esp an elderly or married one, or any female customer in a shop, restaurant, etc
2. (with cap) the form of address to a woman in a formal letter
3. A woman of social rank or station
4. Prefixed to an official title, as Madam Chairman, etc
5. The female head of a household (archaic)
6. A formidable woman
7. A capricious or autocratic woman
8. A general term of reproach for a woman
9. A precocious young girl
10. A concubine (obsolete)
11. The woman in charge of a brothel
12. (with cap) prefixed to a name instead of Mrs or Miss (in USA to distinguish mother-in-law from daughter-in-law; obsolete)

To address as madam

madame /ma-dämˈ, madˈəm/ noun (usu with cap) (pl mesdames /mā-dämˈ, -damˈ/)

1. Used instead of Mrs as a title for a Frenchwoman or French-speaking woman
2. Extended to any woman in an artistic profession, or one regarded as exotic, such as a palm-reader

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