madam
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9.5
- noun
- /ˈmædəm/
- NSFW
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madame
- You say this woman was formerly the madam of a brothel? "Yes, sir."
- prostitutes and madams
- white madam
- black madams
And she was basically found by this Madam and brought in to basically please these horrible bastards.
- And she was basically found by this Madam and brought in to basically please these horrible bastards.
- And I wrote a second book about, I wrote a book called Confessions of a DC Madam, The Politics of Sex, Lies and Blackmail with Henry Vincent.
- Anyway, Long story short, she was only a Madam for A and I and I fucking class prostitute fucking place in Southport.
Examples
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I'm the madam of the saloon that this here coach is heading to, so you best be telling me, or I'll tell Mr. Carson to pull over and we'll throw you out, and you can die in this godforsaken desert.
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Irma was the madam; Otto was the business manager.
Fiction book (1992) -
One guy said to the madam: "There goes a man to match your girls."
Fiction book (1991) -
At last, the right house, a real madam with two new customers.
Fiction book (1990) -
He had one of his men call a madam for another group of girls.
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One of his friends said she sounded as if she were the madam of a bordello and knew every trick in the book.
Fiction book (1991) -
Azzie made inquiries of the madam and learned that her brothers had taken her remains away; no one knew where.
Fiction book (1991) -
Most of the whores and madams liked him, so he got acquainted with a lot of the stock quickly.
Fiction book (1993) -
Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) was exposed as a former client of the "DC Madam" prostitution ring in 2007.
Blog text (13) -
The madam at the brothel was known for her strict rules and high standards.
Synonyms
203
9.5
A person who controls prostitutes and takes some of their money
3
9.8
A person who finds customers for prostitutes
1
9.9
A woman who runs a place where people pay for sex
1
9.9
A person who manages a brothel where people pay for sex
1
9.9
A person who finds clients for people who sell sex
A woman who finds clients for prostitutes
Surface Forms
Etymology
Madam also gained a second meaning from the same Old French ma + dame 'my lady' because people would politely call the woman who ran a brothel madam, and that polite form became the name for the manager.