Dame vs. Madam: What's the Difference?
Dame and Madam Definitions
Dame
Used formerly as a courtesy title for a woman in authority or a mistress of a household.
Madam
Pl. Mes·dames (mā-dăm, -däm) Used formerly as a courtesy title before a woman's given name but now used only before a surname or title indicating rank or office
Madam Ambassador.
Dame
A married woman; a matron.
Madam
Used as a salutation in a letter
Dear Madam or Sir.
Dame
An elderly woman.
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Madam
Madam Used as a form of polite address for a woman
Right this way, madam.
Dame
Often Offensive Slang A woman.
Madam
Madam The mistress of a household.
Dame
A woman holding a nonhereditary title conferred by a sovereign in recognition of personal merit or service to the country.
Madam
Madam A woman who manages a brothel.
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Dame
The wife or widow of a knight.
Madam
A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
Mrs Grey wondered if the outfit she was trying on made her look fat. The sales assistant just said, “It suits you, madam”.
Later, Mrs Grey was sitting in her favourite tea shop. “Would madam like the usual cream cakes and patisserie with her tea?” the waitress asked.
Dame
Used as the title for such a woman.
Madam
The mistress of a household.
Dame
(Britain) Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
Dame Edith Sitwell
Madam
(colloquial) A conceited or quarrelsome girl.
Selina kept pushing and shoving during musical chairs. The nursery school teacher said she was a bad-tempered little madam.
Dame
(Britain) A matron at a school, especially Eton College.
Madam
(slang) A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.
After she grew too old to work as a prostitute, she became a madam.
Dame
In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
Madam
An irritable, conceited, or contemptous woman. (used as a general term of abuse).
Dame
A woman.
Madam
(transitive) To address as "madam".
Dame
(archaic) A lady, a woman.
Madam
A gentlewoman; - an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; - much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir; often abbreviated ma'am when used as a term of address.
Dame
A queen.
Madam
The woman who is in charge of a household.
Dame
To make a dame.
Madam
The woman who is in charge of a brothel.
Dame
A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady.
Then shall these lords do vex me half so much,As that proud dame, the lord protector's wife.
Madam
A woman of refinement;
A chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady
Dame
The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school.
In the dame's classes at the village school.
Madam
A woman who runs a house of prostitution
Dame
A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.
Dame
A mother; - applied to human beings and quadrupeds.
Dame
Informal terms for a (young) woman
Dame
A woman of refinement;
A chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady
