Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Virgin Mary, especially as depicted in art.
- noun An image or figure of the Virgin Mary.
- noun Obsolete Used as a form of polite address for a woman, especially in an Italian-speaking area.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun My lady; madam: an Italian title of address or of courtesy, equivalent to madam.
- noun Specifically
- noun [capitalized] The Virgin Mary (“Our Lady”); hence, a picture representing the Virgin.
- noun A kind of luster made in part of alpacawool.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun My lady; -- a term of address in Italian formerly used as the equivalent of
Madame , but for whichSignora is now substituted. Sometimes introduced into English. - noun A picture of the Virgin Mary (usually with the babe).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The
Virgin Mary , the mother ofJesus . - proper noun A female
given name .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
- noun United States pop singer and sex symbol during the 1980s (born in 1958)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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•Madonna made her fortune selling sex — what will she sell when the thought of sex with Madonna seems like a fetish?
Madonnarama! Cohen, Rich 2008
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CHRISTOPHER CICCONE, MADONNA ` S BROTHER: It would be difficult for anyone to be married to Madonna.
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An inhabitant of village A would stand a poor chance of his prayers being heard by the Madonna of village B; if you have a headache, it is no use applying to the _Madonna of the Hens, _ who deals with diseases of women; you will find yourself in a pretty fix if you expect financial assistance from the Madonna of village C: she is a weather-specialist.
Old Calabria Norman Douglas 1910
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"Bless you, madonna! bless you!" said the faint chorus, in much the same tone as that in which they had a few minutes before praised and thanked the unseen Madonna.
Romola George Eliot 1849
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unknown title 2008
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