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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
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