People sometimes say ~ as a very formal and polite way of addressing a woman whose name they do not know or a woman of superior rank. (mainly AM)
Would you repeat that please, ~?
= madam
N-VOC politeness
People sometimes say ~ as a very formal and polite way of addressing a woman whose name they do not know or a woman of superior rank. (mainly AM)
Would you repeat that please, ~?
= madam
N-VOC politeness
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012