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  • noun Plural form of madam.

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Examples

  • 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

  • Please stay seated, mesdames and messieurs, until the diplomacy comes to a complete and final stop.

    And Now, Goofy Goes Gallic 2008

  • 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

  • That is one way of taking our revenge for the capers that mesdames our grisettes play on us.

    Les Miserables 2008

  • “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

  • And now mesdames et messieurs, apropos of nothing on so many levels the ubiquitous Courtney Love, on her way to sit with Ludivine Sagnier.

    Chloe kicks short tent dresses to the curb (yay!) 2007

  • 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.

    Another Study of a Woman 2007

  • 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

  • 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.

    Another Study of a Woman 2007

  • “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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