madams
Polite female titles
Madams is the plural of madam, a formal or polite address for a woman.
In formal contexts, it addresses multiple women: Good evening, madams.
More commonly, it refers to women who manage brothels: The madams ran their establishments with strict rules.
The plural madams is less common than the singular; mesdames serves as a formal alternative.
Female business owner
- bordelloCommercial sex establishment
- courtesanPaid aristocratic companion
- escortOne who accompanies another
- parlorFormal room for visitors
establishment · red-light · procuress · house mother · working girls · clients · discretion · bawd
Polite term for women
- ladiesWomen, respectfully addressed
- mistressIllicit female lover
- courtesy titlePolite form of address
- honorificRespectful form of address
formal address · salutation · deference · respect · acknowledgment · etiquette · protocol · decorum
Female head of household
- mistressIllicit female lover
- housekeeperDomestic cleaning professional
- domesticOf the home
- servantsHired household workers
staff · manor · estate · butler · governess · household management · matron · chatelaine
proprietress
Female business owner
- bordelloCommercial sex establishment
- courtesanPaid aristocratic companion
- escortOne who accompanies another
parlor · establishment · red-light · procuress · house mother · working girls · clients · discretion · bawd · abbess
ma'am
Polite term for women
- ladiesWomen, respectfully addressed
- mistressIllicit female lover
- courtesy titlePolite form of address
honorific · formal address · salutation · deference · respect · acknowledgment · etiquette · protocol · decorum · propriety
lady of the house
Female head of household
- mistressIllicit female lover
- housekeeperDomestic cleaning professional
- domesticOf the home
servants · staff · manor · estate · butler · governess · household management · matron · chatelaine
- womenmothers, women, females, gals, daughters
- authorityleaders, ruler, rulers, monarch, bosses
- vicevice, debauchery, prostitution, depravity, immorality
- Fictional CourtesansFantine, Camille, Nancy, courtesans, fallen women
madamsprostitutes
Those who sell sex
sex workers · working girls · escorts · call girls · streetwalkers
- dear sir or madam
- Madame TussaudsWax sculpture exhibition venue
- Madame Bovary
- dear madamFormal feminine salutation
- Madame ButterflyTragic geisha stage work
- Madame Tussaud'sWax figure attraction