Madam Secretary

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form of address honorific style of address

"Madam Secretary" is the formal style of address used when speaking to or about a female United States Secretary of the Army.

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Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	form of address ⓘ honorific ⓘ style of address ⓘ
addressedTo	female cabinet-level official heading the Department of the Army ⓘ
appliesToOffice	Secretary of the Army ⓘ surface form: United States Secretary of the Army
contrastsWith	Mister Secretary ⓘ Mister Secretary ⓘ surface form: Mr. Secretary
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
domain	government ⓘ military ⓘ politics ⓘ
etymologicallyDerivedFrom	Madam ⓘ Secretary ⓘ
formality	formal ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
grammaticalNumber	singular ⓘ
hasOppositeGenderForm	Mister Secretary ⓘ Mister Secretary ⓘ surface form: Mr. Secretary
hasShortForm	Ma’am ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
partOfProtocol	United States governmental protocol ⓘ United States military protocol ⓘ
politenessLevel	high ⓘ
relatedTo	Secretary of the Army ⓘ Cabinet of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States federal executive departments
usedBy	civilian officials ⓘ members of the public ⓘ military personnel ⓘ
usedFor	addressing a female United States Secretary of the Army ⓘ referring to a female United States Secretary of the Army in the third person ⓘ
usedInContext	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense United States Department of the Army ⓘ
usedWhen	the office of Secretary of the Army is held by a woman ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SecAg → style → Madam Secretary ⓘ

Secretary of the Army → styleOfAddress → Madam Secretary ⓘ