Madam

nouncommon in dialogue

A polite form of address and title, abbreviated Mdm, used before a (usually middle-aged) adult or elderly woman's surname, full name or given name if she does not have a family name.

noun

1
A polite form of address and title, abbreviated Mdm, used before a (usually middle-aged) adult or elderly woman's surname, full name or given name if she does not have a family name.
2
Variant of madamAlternative letter-case form of madam.
The conſtant queſtion, upon her offering to ſtir abroad, was, where are you going Madam? To ſee the King my papa, replied the Princeſs. That cannot be Madam. No? why ſo? It is not the Etiquette. — And thus, if ſhe had a mind to viſit any of the Mesdames, the king’s ſiſters or aunts, ſhe was always told, it was not the Etiquette.
And nowadays the Madam will blame the Worker’s Unions […] Very unnatural but the Mesdames take the girls for granted
For the Mesdames Stuart and Scaglia, finding first and maiden names has taken some archival digging, mainly because of the conventional use of ‘Madam’.

Forms

plural: Madams, Mesdames

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Madam · A polite form of address and title, abbreviated Mdm, used before a (usually middle-aged) adult or elderly woman's surname, full name or given name if…

Madame · A title equivalent to Mrs. or Ms., used for French-speaking…madden · To make angry.Madden · A surname from Irish.

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