madam
noun /ˈmædəm/
/ˈmædəm/
- [singular] (formal) used when speaking or writing to a woman in a formal or business situation
- Can I help you, madam?
- Dear Madam (= used like Dear Sir in a letter)
- [countable] (especially British English, informal, disapproving) a girl or young woman who expects other people to do what she wants
- She's a proper little madam.
- [countable] a woman who is in charge of the prostitutes in a brothel
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French ma dame ‘my lady’.