mamasan

Borrowed from Japanese ママさん, from ママ (mama) with the honorific title さん (san).

mamasan (plural mamasans)

1. A woman in a position of authority, especially one in charge of a geisha house or bar in Japan or East Asia.

• masaman

Borrowed from Japanese ママさん (mamasan), from ママ (mama) with the honorific title さん (san), possibly via English mamasan, mama-san.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmamasan/, [ˈma.mɐ.sɐn]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ma‧san

mámasán (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋᜐᜈ᜔)

1. mamasan
2. (slang) brothelkeeper; madam (woman who manages a brothel)

   Synonym: madam

• “mamasan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018