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Momager vs Madam - What's the difference?

momager | madam |

As nouns the difference between momager and madam

is that momager is a manager who is also one's mother while madam is french governess.

momager

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A manager who is also one's mother.
  • *2010 , Andrea O'Reilly, Encyclopedia of Motherhood :
  • A growing category of “bad” mother is the so-called “momager ,” the woman who interferes with her famous children's affairs, exploits them, and contributes to their tarnished reputations—[...]
  • *2012 , Sarah Wylie, All These Lives , page 184:
  • The most fitting occupation for my mother is no longer a stage actress or momager or anything like that; she would make—she is—a fantastic nurse.

    madam

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia madam) (en-noun)
  • ''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.
  • The mistress of a household.
  • (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 .
  • (slang) A woman who runs a brothel.
  • After she grew too old to work as a prostitute, she became a madam .

    Synonyms

    * dame * woman * lady * matron * mistress

    See also

    * pimp