(n.) My lady; -- a French title formerly given to ladies of quality; now, in France, given to all married women.
Example Sentences:
(1) (Observer, June 2013) Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet , 40 Current job: MP Nicknames: The harpist, "Madame Condescendante" (Bertrand Delanoë), "L'emmerdeuse" (Pain in the neck – Jacques Chirac) Campaign slogan: Une nouvelle énergie pour les Parisiens (A new energy for Parisians) Born: Paris Family: Daughter of a local mayor, granddaughter of a former French ambassador and great-granddaughter of one of the founder members of the French Communist party.
(2) I mean, he's hooked us up to see you in the flesh – it feels a bit like Madame Tussauds right now!"
(3) Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, members of Congress, and the American people: When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
(4) Every now and then some rich Oga or Madam comes along in their bulletproof cars and wailing sirens, and distorts the delicate equilibrium of this body of traffic.
(5) The operator of attractions such as Madame Tussauds, Sea Life Centres and London Eye, had already warned in July that lost theme park revenues would push group profit below forecasts to around the £249m posted in 2014, and the firm reiterated that expectation on Thursday.
(6) By the end of the month – barring a physical or political earthquake – Paris will have its first Madame le Maire.
(7) She was now under the control of a “madam”, a Nigerian woman who worked for the trafficking rings, controlling the women and their debt.
(8) The ubiquity of Madame Tussauds, found everywhere from Bangkok to Berlin, may reflect the globalisation of Hollywood but each city gets the waxworks it deserves.
(9) Madam Ambassador, [Libyan President Mohamed Magariaf] says this is something that has been in the planning stages for months.
(10) Kimmel provoked ire on social media when he joked about the ethnic names of some tourists who were led into the ceremony from their tour bus, apparently thinking they were entering Madame Tussaud’s wax museum.
(11) "They give up their time for nothing but the privilege and honour of having their figure done," says Liz Edwards, spokeswoman for Madame Tussauds.
(12) Madame Tussauds museum in Amsterdam, owned by Merlin Entertainments.
(13) Madam Speaker, Mr Vice-President, distinguished members of Congress, I come to this great capital of this great nation, an America renewed under a new president to say that America's faith in the future has been, is and always will be an inspiration to the whole world.
(14) The slight and dignified Madame Bong drew confidence from the correspondent who used his physical presence to inspire calm rather than threat.
(15) We are all going to die, madame,” he told me cheerily one morning, while chopping vegetables.
(16) The accompanying marketing blitzkrieg has given us postage stamps , Madame Tussauds exhibits , themed decor from Pottery Barn and fleets of new toys , including actual droids .
(17) I’m bored Some of London’s most popular attractions are also its most expensive – looking at you Madame Tussauds (from £107 for a family of four), London Zoo (£84.60), London Sealife Aquarium (£136).
(18) At Madame Tussauds, changes in popularity mean the collection is always mutating, and some dummies go the way of all wax.
(19) She pursued her madam through the courts and eventually saw her sent to jail for four years.
(20) Those who leave Nigeria are told they will need to pay back €15,000 and when they reach Italy the madam tells them their debt is €45,000,” says Princess.
Mazame
Definition:
(n.) A goatlike antelope (Haplocerus montanus) which inhabits the Rocky Mountains, frequenting the highest parts; -- called also mountain goat.