Mademoiselle (4 syl.).

The daughter of Philippe, Duc de Chartres, grandson of Philippe, Duc d’Orléans, brother of Louis XIV.

La Grande Mademoiselle. The Duchesse de Montpensier, cousin to Louis XIV., and daughter of Gaston, Duc d’Orléans.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Mackerel Sky (A)
Macon
Macreons
Macrocosm (Greek, the great world)
Mad as a March Hare
Mad Cavalier (The)
Mad Parliament (The)
Mad Poet (The)
Mad as a Hatter
Madame
Mademoiselle
Madge
Madge Wildfire
Madman
Madness
Madoc
Madonna. (Italian, my lady.)
Mador (Sir)
Madras System of Education
Mæander
Mæcenas