Crossword clues for madams
madams
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Madam \Mad"am\, n.; pl. Madams, or Mesdames. [See Madame.]
A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir; often abbreviated ma'am when used as a term of address.
The woman who is in charge of a household.
The woman who is in charge of a brothel.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of madam English)
Usage examples of "madams".
The parade of madams continued, twenty-five in all, and finally the last of them vanished back into the computer's memory banks.
Which of the twenty-five madams had the kind of career that would adapt best to a musical of the type you've been showing me?
Mama Luz, Mama Theresa, Mama Carmen, Mama Ida, Mama Inez (from the song of the same name), were all bona fide madams and could all be counted on for the discreet payoff.
They keep trouble away from the madams, and the madams in turn run things clean.
The town mayor tried to create law and order, to pass city ordinances, but the saloon owners and gambling hall operators and madams simply refused to recognize any city laws.
Begum, children, all you other great sirs and madams, come now to sahib's office, and I will tell.
And on Sunday afternoons, the handsome closed carriages of the madams of the district rolled down the main streets, filled with girls in their best finery, taking the air from behind lowered silk shades.