as in wife
the female partner in a marriage
the madam and I are planning to go out for a nice dinner on our anniversary
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Recent Examples of madam
How could the story of New York’s most notorious madam, a woman who had the likes of Dutch Schultz, Wallace Beery, Robert Benchley, and Dorothy Parker as regulars throughout the Roaring Twenties be boring?
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Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
Somehow, the madam of the mansion, Nina Winchester, played with frosty excellence by Amanda Seyfried in pearls and creamy knits, takes a shine to this young soul.
—Mark Kennedy, Mercury News, 17 Dec. 2025
Many described Maxwell as acting as a madam who recruited them to give massages to Epstein.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2025
The original madam of all madams.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
Somehow, the madam of the mansion, Nina Winchester, played with frosty excellence by Amanda Seyfried in pearls and creamy knits, takes a shine to this young soul.
—Mark Kennedy, Mercury News, 17 Dec. 2025
Many described Maxwell as acting as a madam who recruited them to give massages to Epstein.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2025
The original madam of all madams.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for madam
Recent Examples of Synonyms for madam
wife
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House Speaker Mike Johnson was spotted, alongside his wife.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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Saturday marked his return from paternity leave, as the lefty and his wife welcomed their first child on Wednesday.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Madam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madam. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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