grande madame
grande madame noun: synonym of grande dame.
Noun
grande madame (plural grandes mesdames or grandes madames or grande madames)
- Synonym of grande dame.
- “‘Dear Droigel,’ she made reply, ‘the same idea has occurred to me so often, so often, only I could never put it into words. You are right. Somewhere a youth or a maiden is living a wretched life because of the voice given in error to me. I ought never to have been a singer; it is not my rôle in...1873, Mrs. Riddell, Home, Sweet Home. A Novel, volume II, London: Tinsley Brothers, pages 263–264
- “Such a beautiful grande madame . . . and me a child—no name!”1906, J. H. Yoxall, Beyond the Wall, London: Hutchinson & Co., page 151
- Synonyms:
- grande dame
Examples of grande madame in a sentence
- “The grande madame, she is not to live in the pigsty, eh?”1957, Charlton Laird, West of the River, New York: Bantam Books, page 26:
- We ended up in a bar run by a truly ‘grande madame’ who danced, drink in hand, with her own girls.1976, Daniel Topolski, Muzungu: One Man’s Africa, Arlington Books, page 40:
- It begins in a thoroughly promising fashion on the patio of a grande madame (Janet Suzman) during an economic summit meeting in Miami Beach.1978, The Spectator, page 23, column 1:
- Beneath the wing, talking heatedly with the plane’s Corsican pilot was a slender woman, . . . [the] grande madame of opium from Saigon.”1996, Jill Jonnes, Hep-cats, Narcs, and Pipe Dreams: A History of America’s Romance with Illegal Drugs, Scribner, →ISBN, page 176:
Synonyms of grande madame
Forms of grande madame
| plural | grandes mesdames |
|---|---|
| plural | grandes madames |
| plural | grande madames |
Origin of grande madame
From French grande madame.
Questions about grande madame
- What does grande madame mean?
- Grande madame means synonym of grande dame.
- How do you use grande madame in a sentence?
- “The grande madame, she is not to live in the pigsty, eh?”
- What part of speech is grande madame?
- Grande madame is a noun.
- What is the plural of grande madame?
- The plural of grande madame is grandes mesdames.
Words near grande madame in the dictionary
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