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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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Ladies and gentlemen, messieurs et mesdames, le cheeseburger.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024

But from a Scottish perspective this now has the appearance of a bizarre game of high stakes poker between mesdames May and Sturgeon.

From The Guardian • Apr. 18, 2017

And Paul H. Canada, the costume designer, wickedly dresses Molière’s mesdames in cartoon couture.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2014

Duclos, a plump parrot of a man, was on his best behavior, addressing them as "mesdames et messieurs," instead of "comrades."

From Time Magazine Archive

Even so, the social columnists still did not write about his wife’s dresses when he and she attended the opera, the way they described the nightly couture of mesdames Palmer, Pullman, and Armour.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson



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