dame
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)dames
- informal terms for a (young) womanSynonyms: dollwenchskirtchickbirdType of girl, miss
- a woman of refinement“a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady”Synonyms: madamma'amladygentlewomanType of woman, adult femaleKinds grande dame
a state or condition markedly different from the norm
Translations
Noun title equivalent to Sir for a female knight
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: 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 a mother, Dan, Danger, Dungeon, Dominie, Don, noun, Duenna.
1. A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady.
Then shall these lords do vex me half so much, As that proud dame, the lord protector's wife.— William Shakespeare
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.— Ralph Waldo Emerson
3. A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.
4. A mother; — applied to human beings and quadrupeds. obsolete Geoffrey Chaucer
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54