Definition of Madames

1. madame [n] - See also: madame

Lexicographical Neighbors of Madames

mad dogs and Englishmen
mad for it
mad hatter
mad hatters
mad itch
mad man
mad money
mad scientist
mad scientists
madagascar
madake
madam
madame
madamed
madames (current term)
madaming
madams
madapolam
madapollam
madarosis
madarotic
madbrain
madbrained
madbrains
madcaps
madded
madden
maddened

Literary usage of Madames

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Social Evil in Chicago: A Study of Existing Conditions with by Chicago (Ill.). Vice Commission (1911)
"Another objection is made by the madames. They consider it a great injustice for them to be deprived of the benefits of selling liquor, when a saloon ..."

2. Social Life in the Early Republic by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton (1903)
"Belles and matrons, maids and madames, All are gone to Mrs. Adams'. " Wend your way with the world to-night ? East and West, South and North, ..."

3. Commercialized Prostitution in New York City by George Jackson Kneeland, Katharine Bement Davis (1913)
"After business hours she cashed in her checks, receiving her share of the proceeds, usually fifty cents on the dollar. Nowadays, madames or housekeepers ..."

4. Memoires of the Comtesse de Boigne by Charles Nicoullaud (1907)
"... while Mme. de Berenger resigned herself to other modes of displaying her power. The madames of the second rank did not raise such high claims. ..."

5. The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the by Henry Louis Mencken (1921)
"In place of Mesdames a more natural form, madames, seems to be gaining ground in ... Thus, I have found Dames du Sacre Coeur translated as madames of the ..."

6. A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri: With Numerous Sketches by William Smith Bryan, Robert Rose (1876)
"On the 14th madames Lucille and O'Connor were left the sole occupants. Before departing to St. Ferdinand, Madame Duchesne installed Madame Lucille as ..."

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