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Dame

Dame Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dame? [n] informal terms for a (young) woman [n] a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dame: bird \| chick \| doll \| gentlewoman \| lady \| ma'am \| madam \| skirt \| wench Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dame: abbess \| archduchess \| babe \| baby \| baroness \| beldam \| biddy \| bird \| bitch \| broad \| chatelaine \| chick \| colleen \| countess \| crone \| cutie \| damoiselle \| damsel \| daughter of Eve \| demoiselle \| distaff \| doll \| domina \| dona \| donna \| dowager \| duchess \| duenna \| educatress \| Eve \| femme \| filly \| first lady \| frail \| Frau \| Fraulein \| frow \| frump \| gal \| gentlewoman \| girl \| girlie \| goodwife \| governess \| grand duchess \| grandam \| grandmother \| granny \| great lady \| hag \| heifer \| hen \| homemaker \| housewife \| hoyden \| instructress \| Jane \| jeune fille \| jill \| junior miss \| khanum \| lady \| lass \| lassie \| little missy \| madam \| madame \| mademoiselle \| maid \| maiden \| marchioness \| margravine \| matriarch \| matron \| mem-sahib \| mesdames \| milady \| minx \| Miss \| missy \| Mistress \| Mlle \| Mme \| Mmes \| mother superior \| noblewoman \| nymphet \| old battle-ax \| old dame \| old girl \| old granny \| old lady \| old trot \| old wife \| old woman \| peeress \| piece \| romp \| schooldame \| schoolgirl \| schoolmaid \| schoolmarm \| schoolmiss \| schoolmistress \| senhora \| senhorita \| signora \| signorina \| skirt \| slip \| squaw \| subdeb \| subdebutante \| subteen \| subteener \| teenybopper \| tomato \| tomboy \| trot \| tutoress \| virgin \| viscountess \| vrouw \| wahine \| war-horse \| weaker vessel \| wench \| witch \| woman \| young creature \| young thing See Also \| adult female \| fille \| girl \| grande dame \| madame \| miss \| missy \| woman \| young lady \| young woman Dame In Webster's Dictionary \Dame\ (d[=a]m), n. [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}, n., {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. --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.

Dame Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dame?

[n] informal terms for a (young) woman
[n] a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady"

Dame In Webster's Dictionary

\Dame\ (d[=a]m), n. [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}, n., {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. --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.

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