Madonna : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Madonna	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Madonna
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Madonna n the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics Synonym(s): Mary, Virgin Mary, The Virgin, Blessed Virgin, Madonna United States pop singer and sex symbol during the 1980s (born in 1958) Synonym(s): Madonna, Madonna Louise Ciccone
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Madonna \Madon"na\, n. [It. madonna* my lady. See {Dame}, {Donna}, and cf. {Madame}, {Monkey}.] 1. My lady; -- a term of address in Italian formerly used as the equivalent of Madame, but for which Signora is now substituted. Sometimes introduced into English. --Shak. 2. [pl. {Madonnas} (n[adot]z).] A picture of the Virgin Mary (usually with the babe). The Italian painters are noted for drawing the Madonnas by their own wives or mistresses. --Rymer.