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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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.
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Mark Kennedy,
Mercury News,
17 Dec. 2025
Many described Maxwell as acting as a madam who recruited them to give massages to Epstein.
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Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
13 Dec. 2025
The original madam of all madams.
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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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His wife is from Mexico and their son learned the native tongue, T'aiki, in preschool; the family speaks Spanish and English at home.
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Adorni’s private life first drew scrutiny in March when his wife, who doesn’t work in government, accompanied him on the presidential aircraft for a conference in New York.
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“Madam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madam. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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