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mesdames

American  
[mey-dahm, -dam, mey-dam] / meɪˈdɑm, -ˈdæm, meɪˈdam /

noun

  1. a plural of madam.

  2. plural of madame.


mesdames British  
/ medam, ˈmeɪˌdæm /

noun

  1. the plural of madame madam

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Example Sentences

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Ladies and gentlemen, messieurs et mesdames, le cheeseburger.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024

“Tallinn is the capital of Estonia, mesdames et messieurs! ”

From The New Yorker • Apr. 4, 2016

And Paul H. Canada, the costume designer, wickedly dresses Molière’s mesdames in cartoon couture.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2014

Je vous prie d'agréer, mesdames, messieurs, l'expression de mes sentiments distingués", while across the Channel we'll be concluding our correspondence with "Laters, yeah?

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2013

Even so, the social columnists still did not write about his wife’s dresses when he and she attended the opera, the way they described the nightly couture of mesdames Palmer, Pullman, and Armour.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson