madam polite term of address for a woman esp in service encounters ` Can I help you , madam ? ' . ` Oh , I'm so sorry ,' she said , ` I'm afraid I've been working too hard . ' ` We're all working , madam,' said the barman . ` Another drink , madam ?'` Calm down , sir , calm down , madam , ' Zak said as to children . used in front of a person's job title as term of address for woman in official position Madam chair , I would like to conclude by thanking the IAEA safeguards department . Madam President , There is also a great need for dialogue to address the proliferation of nuclear weapons in Asia . It may however be helpful madam speaker , er Madam Deputy Speaker , if I seek to clarify er when an individual auditor is operating in his capacity as such and whether a partner in an auditing practice who is not involved in er in auditing the regulated institutions is deemed nevertheless to be operating in his capacity as auditor . young woman who is cheeky or acts like a prima donna ` Just as well I know a lot more about nursing than some of these young Australian madams , ' Buzz sniffed . little madam ' I'm busy with these apples , ' Pet answered , quite the little madam. You always were a selfish little madam , wrapped up in yourself to the exclusion of everyone else . ` She's going to be a proper little madam when she grows up ! ' Madam owner or manager of a brothel The madam might occasionally slap the girls or call them rude names , but in the end she wants the customers to buy at least one of them . By 1907 , she was the madam of the most luxurious of the Dublin brothels , and she had travelled extensively across Europe . I was ushered into a waiting room by a madam and then eventually shown into a bedroom . Dear Madam (in business letters) term of address used at beginning of a formal letter to a woman whose name one does not knowDear Madam or Sir, I am currently undertaking background research for my masters dissertation. dear madam my dear madam (in previous times) way of addressing a woman in polite society ' And you , dear madam , ' said the prince , ' you , to whom I owe my life , how can I serve you ? You will not , I hope , consider me as showing any disrespect to your family , my dear madam , by thus withdrawing my pretensions to your daughter 's favour , without having paid yourself and Mr. Bennet the compliment of requesting you to interpose your authority in my behalf .