Usually means: A woman in a respectful position.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word madam:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. madam: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Madam, madam: Merriam-Webster
  3. Madam, madam: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Madam: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. madam, the madam: Collins English Dictionary
  6. madam: Vocabulary.com
  7. madam: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. madam: Wiktionary
  9. madam: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. madam: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. madam: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Madam, madam: Dictionary.com
  13. madam: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. madam: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Madam (band), Madam (disambiguation), Madam (prostitution), Madam: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Madam: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. madam: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. madam: Rhymezone
  19. madam: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. madam: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. MADAM: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  22. madam: FreeDictionary.org
  23. madam: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. Madam: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. M'Adam, Madam, madam: Wordnik
  26. Madam: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MADAM: CCI Computer
  2. madam: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. MADAM: Acronym Finder

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. madam, madam, Madam: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. madam: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
noun:  The mistress of a household.
noun:  (colloquial) A conceited or quarrelsome girl.
noun:  (slang) A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.
noun:  (India, derogatory slang) A hated or contemptuous woman; used as a general term of abuse
verb:  (transitive) To address as "madam".
verb:  (ambitransitive, rare) To be a madam; to run (a brothel).
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of madam [A polite form of address for a woman or lady.]

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