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madam

[mad-uhm] / ˈmæd əm /
NOUN
a title of address
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STRONGEST


NOUN
a woman in charge of an establishment
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NOUN
a woman in charge of a brothel
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McBride thanked the chair, calling them "madam," and began to speak before Keating demanded that McBride be addressed correctly.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025

While on a call with me last week, he rang off saying "the madam" was calling.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2024

“Poor Things” features Bella, a reanimated woman who has to invent her life, and her guideposts are a prostitute, a brothel madam and a former actress.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2023

Speaker Frank: A simple matter of coordination, madam.

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023

I had some money, but the madam gave me some more, and I told Sammy I was going to see my brother Philbeit in Michigan.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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