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- noun Plural form of
madam .
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Examples
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And when you walk in the place, it feels like Lauren conducting a master class in merchandising: this, messieurs et mesdames, is how it should be done.
An American in Paris 2010
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Please stay seated, mesdames and messieurs, until the diplomacy comes to a complete and final stop.
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If you haven't yet read it, good messieurs et mesdames, might I suggest this for your bedtime reading tonight?
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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That is one way of taking our revenge for the capers that mesdames our grisettes play on us.
Les Miserables 2008
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“You are attached to that picture for the sake of the likeness, no doubt, mesdames, for the drawing is dreadful?” he said, looking at Adelaide.
The Purse 2007
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And now mesdames et messieurs, apropos of nothing on so many levels the ubiquitous Courtney Love, on her way to sit with Ludivine Sagnier.
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And it must be said, your faults, mesdames, are all the more poetical, because they must always and under all circumstances be surrounded by greater perils.
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And now mesdames et messieurs, apropos of nothing on so many levels the ubiquitous Courtney Love, on her way to sit with Ludivine Sagnier.
La Coquette: 2007
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And it must be said, your faults, mesdames, are all the more poetical, because they must always and under all circumstances be surrounded by greater perils.
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“You are attached to that picture for the sake of the likeness, no doubt, mesdames, for the drawing is dreadful?” he said, looking at Adelaide.
The Purse 2007
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