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madam
[madam 词源字典]
c. 1300, from Old French
ma dame,
literally "my lady," from Latin
mea domina
(compare
madonna
). Meaning "female owner or manager of a brothel" is first attested 1871.
[madam etymology, madam origin, 英语词源]