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madame

/məˈdæm/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about madame at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Title used for a married Frenchwoman.

Origin

Borrowed from French madame, from Old French ma dame (“my lady”). Doublet of madam and Madonna.

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