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madam:
1. A woman ; a lady . A polite term of address. Abbreviation: Mdm. Plural: mesdames.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English borrowing from the French , ma dame , my lady , my beloved . In the Renaissance its meaning shifted referring to a kept mistress , a prostitute and later the manageress of a brothel . 2. Respectful and courteous form of address for a woman , especially if elderly or married , formerly used as a courtesy title before a woman's given name but now used mostly before a surname or title indicating rank or office. Madam Chairman. Madam President. Madam Ambassador .
3. The female head or mistress of a household.
4. Or: madame , a woman who manages a brothel , derived from its original meaning of mistress of the house or woman in charge of the household.
Synonyms: abbess ; ass-middlewoman ; aunt ; bawd ; brothel-keeper ; case-keeper ; Covent-Garden-abbess ; crack-detail-woman ; dress-lodger ; female pimp ; governess ; house-mother ; housekeeper ; housemother ; Lady-Abbess ; landlady ; mama-san ; mother-damnable ; mother ; mother-abbess ; mother-hollyhock ; moher midnight; mother-of-the-maids ; mother-superior ; presbyteress ; procuress ; proxenetist ; she-pimp ; sister-in-law ; skirt-woman ; tenderloin-madam ; victualler ; whoremistress .
QUOTES:
(1) Mrs. Sally Adams (Ethel Merman), a Washington hostess later named ambassador to Lichtenburg, in Call Me Madam (1953): ' When you call me madam, smile .'
(2) Sung by Queenie (Raquel Welch) in The Wild Party (1975): ' Sally turned from Miss to Madam .'
5. An elderly male homosexual .
6. Proper madam , in England, a girl with a bad temper.
See Also: crack detail woman, abbesse, ass middlewoman, mother of the maids, mother hollyhock, she-pimp, skirt woman, flesh broker, house-mother, housekeeper, tenderloin madam, presbyteress, victualler, whoremistress, proxenetist, mother damnable, landlady, mother superior, abbess, Lady Abbess, mother midnight, case keeper, Covent Garden abbess, dress lodger, governess, housemother, mother abbess, procuress, madam, sister-in-law, Mrs. Princum Prancum, cold heart, block of ice, brothel-keeper, buttock-broker, mama-san, freezer, house, princum prancum, aunt, makeup, Lady Five Fingers, Mother Fist and her five daughters, Mrs. Hand and the five fingers, Mrs. Palm and her five daughters, five-finger Mary, five-fingered Annie, roll, bawd, veuve poignet, four sisters on thumb street, old lady five fingers,
Quotes Containing madam:
Angela Brooks/Madam Satan (Kay Johnson) in Madam Satan (1930): ''True love is believing that the one you love is quite above defeat.''
Jimmy Wade (Roland Young) to Trixie (Lillian Roth) in Madam Satan (1930): 'I wouldn't marry you to keep warm on an iceberg!'
Trixie (Lillian Roth) in Madam Satan (1930): 'Something for nothing , that's the marriage game .'
Bob Brooks (Reginald Denny) to his wife Angela (Kay Johnson) in Madam Satan (1930): ''I think you''re above all women, but below zero .''
Vera (Della Reese), a madam in Harlem Nights (1989): ''I have a girl whose pussy is so good, if you threw it up in the air, it would turn into sunshine.''
Vera (Della Reese), a madam in Harlem Nights (1989): ''I have a girl whose pussy is so good, if you threw it up in the air, it would turn into sunshine.''
Larry Wilson (William Powell) and his wife Kay (Myrna Loy) in I Love You Again (1940): - Larry: 'You be careful, madam , or you'll turn my head with your flattery.' - Kay:'I often wished I could turn your head ... on a spit over a slow fire.'
Marie Antoinette (Norma Shearer) to the millner, Madame Du Barry (Gladys George), King Louis'' mistress , in Marie Antoinette (1938): ''Madam, royalty loves an occasional roll in the gutter .''
Thief and con man William Shaw (Matthew Modine) dancing with a richly bejewelled lady in Cutthroat Island (1995) - Shaw: 'I'm a medical man , a doctor.' - Lady: 'Oh, my! (...) With higher anatomy you must know a great deal about the human body.' - Shaw: 'Indeed, madam . Every bit of it . All the ins and outs. In medecine it is our obligation to probe to the very bottom of things. '
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