madam

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

madam [madam madams] BrE [ˈmædəm] NAmE [ˈmædəm] noun
1. singular (formal)used when speaking or writing to a woman in a formal or business situation
•Can I help you, madam?
•Dear Madam (= used like Dear Sir in a letter)
see also ↑ma'am
2. countable (informal, disapproving, especially BrE)a girl or young woman who expects other people to do what she wants
•She's a proper little madam.
3. countable a woman who is in charge of the ↑prostitutes in a ↑brothel

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French ma dame ‘my lady’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  brothel keeper, dame, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman