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How to pronounce madam in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms dame, gentlewoman, lady, ma'am
Type of adult female, woman
Has types grande dame, madame
Type Words
Synonyms brothel keeper
Type of businesswoman

Examples of madam

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Madam, you are an agent provocateur, and we will have none of that sort of talk.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The notorious madam spent the last two decades of her life as a virtual recluse.
From the kentucky.com
Another nice touch is that two of the answers, ROTOR and MADAM, are palindromes.
From the wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com
Yes, you, madam, the gullible sap at the back in the faded hope'n'change T-shirt.
From the ocregister.com
If nothing else, the record shows that the alleged madam was a hard-working girl.
From the edition.cnn.com
Toward the end, he turned up as a frequent client of Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss.
From the latimes.com
If she was the local madam in the whorehouse, that's what I would have given them.
From the nytimes.com
He says that he was born to the madam of a bawdy house in Louisiana's Cajun country.
From the time.com
TheDeuce sir, or madam, it is for places like this that Educational Aid is required.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Dame: a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady"
  • A woman who runs a house of prostitution
  • Madam, Madame, ma'am, or Mme is a title for a woman. It is derived from the French madame (see different meanings of madame), the equivalent of Mrs. or Ms., and literally signifying "my lady." The plural of madam in this sense is mesdames. ...
  • Aristocrat is a Japanese street fashion that is inspired by what is thought to have been worn by Middle Class and higher Europeans in the Middle Ages, as well as the upper class in the 19th century. ...
  • A polite form of address for a woman or lady; The mistress of a household; A conceited or quarrelsome girl; A woman who runs a brothel
  • A kept madam; a kept mistress.