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ma'am

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. ma'am (noun)
  2. mam (noun)
  3. thank-you-ma'am (noun)

ma'am

noun \ˈmam, after “yes” often əm\

Definition of MA'AM

: madam
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First Known Use of MA'AM

1668

Other Forms of Address Terms

appellation, beatitude, brethren, emeritus, esquire, sire, sous

Rhymes with MA'AM

bam, cam, clam, cram, dam, damn, drachm, dram, DRAM, flam, gam, gram, ham, Ham, jam, jamb, lam, lamb, pram, ram, RAM, Sam, SAM, scam, scram, sham, slam, spam, tam, tram, wham, yam

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