Synonyms for ma'am

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mam, mahm; unstressed muh m

Phonetic Transcription : mæm, mɑm; unstressed məm

Définition of ma'am

Origin : also maam, 1660s, colloquial shortening of madam (q.v.). Formerly the ordinary respectful form of address to a married woman; later restricted to the queen and royal princesses or used by servants to their mistresses.

As in madam : noun a title of address

Example sentences :

Oh, ma'am—you're very polite—I feel it a great compliment, I assure you.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

I should think she'd a done something, shouldn't you, ma'am?
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

But I came to you, ma'am, because you seemed to sort of need me most.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

I came to see, ma'am, whether you'd take me back, as I 'aven't got Baby now.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

If you think that, ma'am, it's very cruel and unkind of you to send me away.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

"He's just bad, ma'am," Carter was saying, as Mike reached the steps.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

He's worth a dozen dead men, Ma'am; he's jest stunned; that's all!
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Then he said, meekly, "Does your mother object to tobacco smoke, ma'am?"
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

Yes, ma'am, I just passed the carriage in the avenue: she is going home, is not she?
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Well, ma'am; but I will ask Mr. Walsingham what he thinks, and show him the paper.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

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