madame Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun title used for a married Frenchwoman

WordNet

Ma`dame" noun
Etymology
F., fr. ma my (L. mea) + dame dame. See Dame, and cf. Madonna.
Wordforms
plural Mesdames
Definitions
  1. My lady; -- a French title formerly given to ladies of quality; now, in France, given to all married women. Chaucer.

Webster 1913