madam
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
Mrs Grey wondered if the outfit she was trying on made her look fat. The sales assistant just said, “It suits you, madam”.
Later, Mrs Grey was sitting in her favourite tea shop. “Would madam like the usual cream cakes and patisserie with her tea?” the waitress asked.
- 2.
The mistress of a household.
Đồng nghĩa: dame, woman, lady, matron, mistress
- 3.
(colloquial)A conceited or quarrelsome girl.
Selina kept pushing and shoving during musical chairs. The nursery school teacher said she was a bad-tempered little madam.
- 4.
(slang)A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.
After she grew too old to work as a prostitute, she became a madam.
Đồng nghĩa: abbess, bawd, lady abbess, nookie-bookie, whoremistress, brothelkeeper
- 5.
(India, derogatory, slang)(India, derogatory slang) A hated or contemptuous woman; used as a general term of abuse
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To address as "madam".
- 2.
(ambitransitive, rare)To be a madam; to run (a brothel).
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From Middle English madame, from Old French madame, from ma (my) + dame (lady), from post-classical Latin mea domina. Madonna.