plural madams
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: mistress sense 1
—used as a title formerly with the given name but now with the surname or especially with a designation of rank or office
Madam Chairman
Madam President
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: the female head of a house of prostitution
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: the female head of a household : wife
every once in a while the madam and I will order a book that we've read about—H. S. Truman
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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