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Webster 1913 Edition


Madame


Maˊdame′

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Mesdames
(#)
.
[F., fr.
ma
my (L.
mea
) +
dame
dame. See
Dame
, and cf.
Madonna
.]
My lady; – a French title formerly given to ladies of quality; now, in France, given to all married women.
Chaucer.