Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Madame

So the wife of Phillipe, Duc d'Orléans was styled in the reign of Louis XIV.; other ladies were only Madame This or That.

Madame la Duchessc.
Wife of Henri-Jules de Bourbon, eldest son of Prince de Condé Madame la Princesse. Wife of the Prince de Conde, and natural daughter of Louis XIV. (See Monsieur.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Mademoiselle
Mad as a Hatter
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