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
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.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
The story centers on a high-end D.C. madam who goes into witness protection and flees to Maine with her daughter; Gillen will reportedly play business exec Carl Milliken III.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Sep. 2025
When being indicted for pandering, the infamous Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss purportedly had a list of celebrity clients, including Sheen.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
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Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2025
The original madam of all madams.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
The story centers on a high-end D.C. madam who goes into witness protection and flees to Maine with her daughter; Gillen will reportedly play business exec Carl Milliken III.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Sep. 2025
When being indicted for pandering, the infamous Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss purportedly had a list of celebrity clients, including Sheen.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for madam
Recent Examples of Synonyms for madam
wife
Noun
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Plath, the deserted wife of fellow poet Ted Hughes, mother of two young children, died by suicide at age 30, leaving behind a collection of poems that anatomized her mental descent in scorching language that secured a permanent place in American letters.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Take Woody Allen’s wife Soon-Yi Previn, who messages Epstein about a pal with a jewellery business.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Madam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madam. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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