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Madame

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So the wife of Philippe, Duc dʹOrléans was styled in the reign of Louis XIV.; other ladies were only Madame This or That.

Madame la Duchesse. Wife of Henri-Jules de Bourbon, eldest son of Prince de Condé.

Madame la Princesse. Wife of the Prince de Condé, and natural daughter of Louis XIV. (See Monsieur.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Macedonicus
Mackerel Sky (A)
Macon
Macreons
Macrocosm (Greek, the great world)
Mad as a March Hare
Mad Cavalier (The)
Mad Parliament (The)
Mad Poet (The)
Mad as a Hatter
Madame
Mademoiselle
Madge
Madge Wildfire
Madman
Madness
Madoc
Madonna. (Italian, my lady.)
Mador (Sir)
Madras System of Education
Mæander

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