- 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)
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- 2used before an official title to address or refer to a woman holding that rank or position Madam President Madam Ambassador
- 3[countable] a woman who is in charge of the prostitutes in a brothel
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