Madame
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Ma·dame
(mə-dăm', măd'əm) 
n., pl., Mes·dames (mā-dăm', -däm'). (Abbr. Mme.)
n., pl., Mes·dames (mā-dăm', -däm'). (Abbr. Mme.)
- Used as a courtesy title before the surname or full name of a woman, especially a married woman, in a French-speaking area: Madame Cartier; Madame Jacqueline Cartier.
- madame Used as a form of polite address for a woman in a French-speaking area.
[French, from Old French ma dame : ma, my (from Latin mea, feminine of meus) + dame, lady (from Latin domina, feminine of dominus, lord, master of a household).]
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- Titles of Rank - madame: title for woman of rank or office; French prefix for married woman
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- French - madame: married woman
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