DAME

dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird

(noun) informal terms for a (young) woman

dame, madam, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman

(noun) a woman of refinement; “a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

Dame (plural Dames)

(British) The titular prefix given to a female knight

Coordinate terms

• Sir

Anagrams

• ADEM, ADME, Edam, MEDA, Mead, made, mead

Etymology

Noun

dame (plural dames)

(Britain) Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.

(Britain) A matron at a school, especially Eton College.

(Britain, theater) In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.

(US, dated, informal, slightly, derogatory) A woman.

(archaic) A lady, a woman.

Synonyms

• See woman

Anagrams

• ADEM, ADME, Edam, MEDA, Mead, made, mead

Source: Wiktionary

Dame, n. Etym: [F. dame, LL. domna, fr. L. domina mistress, lady, fem. of dominus master, ruler, lord; akin to domare to tame, subdue. See Tame, and cf. Dam mother, Dan, Danger, Dangeon, Dungeon, Dominie, Don, n., Duenna.]

1. A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a womam in authority; especially, a lady. Then shall these lords do vex me half so much, As that proud dame, the lord protector's wife. Shak.

2. The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school. In the dame's classes at the village school. Emerson.

3. A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.

4. A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition