Ponia — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
Ponia is used for these senses in English:
- Mrs Abbreviation of Missus or Mistress; used before an adult woman's name or surname, used for any high-status woman without regard to marital status until the 1800s, after which it began to be reserved for married, divorced and widowed women and used with their married surnames.
- madam A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
lady — full definition
- noun A polite or formal word for a woman, especially one with refined manners.
- 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).
madam — full definition
- noun A polite, formal way to address a woman.
- noun A woman who runs a brothel.
- noun (informal, dated) A girl or woman acting bossy or full of herself.