Definition of "madams" [madams]

• Plural form of madam. (noun)

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• "Houghton "madams" stood side by side with their domestic workers, waiting to vote."
• "In the queue at Arcadia, white matrons -- or "madams" as they are called here -- stood alongside their black maids and gardeners who were about to vote in a formerly all-white school they would not have been allowed to attend."
• ""When issues such as informed consent, the right to refuse a test and the confidentiality of results were explained the resultant anger revealed the sense of ownership felt by most 'madams',""