Examples of “ma'am” in a Sentence

noun A polite term of address for a woman, used instead of her name.

• Can I help you with those bags, ma'am?
• Yes ma'am, the fitting rooms are upstairs.

noun The correct spoken form of address to a female superior in the armed forces and the police, and to a queen or other senior royal woman after the first "Your Majesty".

• Understood, ma'am," the sergeant replied.