Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A contraction of Madame.
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Examples
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This charming woman, who chose to be known as Mme. du
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This Englishwoman, who seems to me about thirty-six, is known as Mme. Gaston.
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Guermantes, who calls her Mme. Iéna, will say if he hears that
The Guermantes Way 2003
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“Sylvie,” called Mme. Vauquer, “bring in some biscuits, and the little cakes.”
Father Goriot 2003
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I expressed an intense desire to go there and see these Cingalese, one of whom had called Mme. Blatin an old cow.
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Villeparisis, “he has a sister called Mme. de Cambremer, not that that conveys any more to you than it does to me.”
The Guermantes Way 2003
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But the position in which one is most inclined to recall Mme. Recamier is in the convent of Abbaye-aux-Bois, where, divested of fortune and living in the simplest manner, she preserved for nearly thirty years the fading traditions of the old salons.
The Women of the French Salons Amelia Ruth Gere Mason
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My mother was extremely proud, and not at all flattered that she should be plain Mme. Kerouguet, although she was devoted to my father and it was the happiest ménage.
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Finally, we gave up the idea of Mme. Carvalho's cooeperation.
Musical Memories Saint-Saens, Camille 1919
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Sylvie, called Mme. Vauquer, bring in some biscuits, and the little cakes.
Paras. 10001099 1917
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