Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The Virgin Mary.
- n. An image or figure of the Virgin Mary.
- n. Obsolete Used as a form of polite address for a married woman in an Italian-speaking area.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. My lady; madam: an Italian title of address or of courtesy, equivalent to madam.
- n. Specifically.
- n. [capitalized] The Virgin Mary (“Our Lady”); hence, a picture representing the Virgin.
- n. A kind of luster made in part of alpacawool.
Wiktionary
- n. The Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus.
- n. A female given name.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. My lady; -- a term of address in Italian formerly used as the equivalent of
Madame , but for whichSignora is now substituted. Sometimes introduced into English. - n. A picture of the Virgin Mary (usually with the babe).
WordNet 3.0
- n. the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
- n. United States pop singer and sex symbol during the 1980s (born in 1958)
Etymologies
- Italian, from Old Italian : ma- (variant of mia, my, from Latin mea; see Madame) + donna, lady (from Latin domina; see Madame). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“CHRISTOPHER CICCONE, MADONNA ` S BROTHER: It would be difficult for anyone to be married to Madonna.”
“•Madonna made her fortune selling sex — what will she sell when the thought of sex with Madonna seems like a fetish?”
“An inhabitant of village A would stand a poor chance of his prayers being heard by the Madonna of village B; if you have a headache, it is no use applying to the _Madonna of the Hens, _ who deals with diseases of women; you will find yourself in a pretty fix if you expect financial assistance from the Madonna of village C: she is a weather-specialist.”
“Bless you, madonna! bless you!" said the faint chorus, in much the same tone as that in which they had a few minutes before praised and thanked the unseen Madonna.”
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“Jesus has allegedly landed a two-album deal with the label Madonna left last year after more than 25 years.”
“In early days an Italian in addressing a lady used the word Madonna, which, like the French word Madame, means My Lady.”
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