महोदया — meaning in English

English meaning

• lady noun A polite or formal word for a woman, especially one with refined manners.
• ma'am noun A polite term of address for a woman, used instead of her name.
• madam noun A polite, formal way to address a woman.

Senses

महोदया is used for these senses in English:

• madam polite term of address to a woman
• ma'am chiefly used as a form of address: contraction of madam|madam
• lady polite term referring to a woman

lady — full definition

1. noun A polite or formal word for a woman, especially one with refined manners.
2. noun A British title of nobility for a woman, used before her name (as the wife of a lord or knight, or in her own right).

ma'am — full definition

1. noun A polite term of address for a woman, used instead of her name.
2. 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".

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