DAMES

Noun

Dames

plural of Dame

Anagrams

• ADMEs, Demas, Smead, desma, mades, mased, meads, mesad

Noun

dames

plural of dame

Anagrams

• ADMEs, Demas, Smead, desma, mades, mased, meads, mesad

Source: Wiktionary


DAME

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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