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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

A grey-suited official visibly panicked as the mob surged up, and his voice rose from a murmur to a scream: "Mesdames, messieurs, du calme, du calme, calmez-vous, tout le monde, CALMEZ-VOUS!"

From The Guardian • May 18, 2010

Main thesis of Mesdames Goddard, Camp, Lycan and Stockwell is that there are three kinds of American English, each acceptable in its place.

From Time Magazine Archive

I read: "Mesdames Falourdin, Riflot, Piquette, Dumarteau, Lumignon, Chamouillet, and Cavalos have the honor to announce the marriage of their niece, Mademoiselle Rosette Gribiche, to Monsieur Jules-C�sar-Octave Freluchon, dealer in sponges."

From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Kock, Charles Paul de



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