Mistress vs. Madam
Mistressnoun
A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership.
Mistressnoun
A female teacher.
Mistressnoun
The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations.
Mistressnoun
A dominatrix.
Mistressnoun
A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.
Mistressnoun
A woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart.
Mistressnoun
(Scotland) A married woman; a wife.
Mistressnoun
(obsolete) The jack in the game of bowls.
Mistressnoun
A female companion to a master a man with control, authority or ownership
Mistressverb
Of a woman: to master; to learn or develop to a high degree of proficiency.
Mistressverb
(intransitive) To act or take the role of a mistress.
Mistressnoun
A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc.
Mistressnoun
A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.
Mistressnoun
A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart.
Mistressnoun
A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a woman having an ongoing usually exclusive sexual relationship with a man, who may provide her with financial support in return; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually; as, both his wife and his mistress attended his funeral.
Mistressnoun
A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman.
Mistressnoun
A married woman; a wife.
Mistressnoun
The old name of the jack at bowls.
Mistressverb
To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.
Mistressnoun
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
Mistressnoun
a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
Mistressnoun
a woman master who directs the work of others
Madamnoun
A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
Madamnoun
The mistress of a household.
Madamnoun
(colloquial) A conceited or quarrelsome girl.
Madamnoun
(slang) A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.
Madamverb
(transitive) To address as "madam".
Madamnoun
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.
Madamnoun
The woman who is in charge of a household.
Madamnoun
The woman who is in charge of a brothel.
Madamnoun
a woman of refinement;
Madamnoun
a woman who runs a house of prostitution
Madam
Madam (), or madame ( or ), is a polite and formal form of address for women, often contracted to ma'am (pronounced in American English and in British English). The term derives from the French madame (French pronunciation: [maˈdam]); in French, ma dame literally means .
