I. məˈdänə noun
( -s )
Etymology: Italian, from Old Italian ma donna, literally, my lady
1. archaic : lady — used as a form of respectful or polite address
good madonna , why mournest thou — Shakespeare
2. obsolete : an Italian woman
3. : a picture, statue, or other representation of the Virgin Mary
artisans readying the giant religious floats with their jeweled life-sized madonnas — Barnaby Conrad
II. adjective
: of, relating to, or being a woman's hair style in which the hair is pulled back smoothly from a middle part