as in wife
the female partner in a marriage
the madam and I are planning to go out for a nice dinner on our anniversary
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Last summer, a local housekeeper inherited a few million dollars and some cats from her French madam, who shot herself on her Samui property.
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Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
Throw in Morton, who has made amiable viciousness into a trademark of this phase of his career, and Catherine Tate as a Dutch brothel madam with a PhD, and Going Dutch has the sort of ensemble already in place for long-term laughs.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025
Neither madam nor monsieur had any idea what a fish fork was.
—Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 6 Nov. 2024
Sage had befriended Hamilton and offered to trade information about the outlaw’s whereabouts to authorities to avoid deportation over her activities as a madam.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2024
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Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
Throw in Morton, who has made amiable viciousness into a trademark of this phase of his career, and Catherine Tate as a Dutch brothel madam with a PhD, and Going Dutch has the sort of ensemble already in place for long-term laughs.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025
Neither madam nor monsieur had any idea what a fish fork was.
—Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 6 Nov. 2024
Sage had befriended Hamilton and offered to trade information about the outlaw’s whereabouts to authorities to avoid deportation over her activities as a madam.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2024
See All Example Sentences for madam
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“Madam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madam. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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