Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Madame"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Madame \Ma`dame"\, n.; 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
madame
n : title used for a married Frenchwoman
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