Mrs vs Madam - What's the difference?
mrs | madam |
(UK) A title used before an adult female's name or surname. Traditionally reserved for married individuals and used with the married surname.
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The mistress of a household.
(colloquial) A conceited or quarrelsome girl.
(slang) A woman who runs a brothel.
As an abbreviation Mrs
is a title used before an adult female's name or surname. Traditionally reserved for married individuals and used with the married surname.As an initialism MRS
is materials Research Society.As a noun madam is
A polite form of address for a woman or lady.mrs
English
Abbreviation
(Mmes)- Mrs Malaprop said, “He’s as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.”
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
Derived terms
* missus * missesSee also
* Ms * Miss * Dr * MrAnagrams
* English suppletive nounsmadam
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.
- ''Selina kept pushing and shoving during musical chairs. The nursery school teacher said she was a bad-tempered little madam .
- After she grew too old to work as a prostitute, she became a madam .