madamhood

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) The fact or state of being a woman of high rank or respect.
 * 2) The fact or state of being a madam in charge of a brothel.
 * 3) * 1991, Gail Hershatter, in Watson and Ebrey, Marriage and Equality in Chinese Society, p. 280:
 * However derivative, a woman's status translated into real differences in daily working conditions, personal control over income, and possibilities for negotiating an advantageous exit from prostitution into concubinage or madamhood.
 * However derivative, a woman's status translated into real differences in daily working conditions, personal control over income, and possibilities for negotiating an advantageous exit from prostitution into concubinage or madamhood.