madam
/ˈmædəm/ sustantivo B2En español: señora, cabrona, mami
- A polite form of address for a woman or lady. · Mrs Grey wondered if the outfit she was trying on made her look fat. The sales assistant just said, “It suits you, madam”.
- The mistress of a household.
- A conceited or quarrelsome girl. · Selina kept pushing and shoving during musical chairs. The nursery school teacher said she was a bad-tempered little madam.
- A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients. · After she grew too old to work as a prostitute, she became a madam.
- A hated or contemptuous woman; used as a general term of abuse
Plural madams
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“You may depend upon it, madam,” said Miss Bingley, with cold civility, “that Miss Bennet shall receive every possible attention while she remains with us.”
“I am very sensible, madam, of the hardship to my fair cousins, and could say much on the subject, but that I am cautious of appearing forward and precipitate.
“I know very well, madam,” said he, “that when persons sit down to a card table they must take their chance of these things,--and happily I am not in such circumstances as to make five shillings any object.
“For heaven’s sake, madam, speak lower.
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