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dame
[deym] Pronunciation Key
[deym] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | (initial capital letter ) (in Britain)
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| 2. | (formerly) a form of address to any woman of rank or authority. |
| 3. | a matronly woman of advanced age; matron. |
| 4. | Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a woman; female. |
| 5. | Ecclesiastical. a title of a nun in certain orders. |
| 6. | a mistress of a dame-school. |
| 7. | Archaic. the mistress of a household. |
| 8. | Archaic. a woman of rank or authority, esp. a female ruler. |
[Origin: 1175–1225; ME < OF < L domina, fem. of dominus lord, master
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| dame
(dām) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin domina, feminine of dominus, lord, master; see dem- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
dame
dame
c.1225, from O.Fr. dame, from L.L. domna, from L. domina "lady, mistress of the house," from L. domus "house" (see domestic). Legal title for the wife of a knight or baronet. Slang sense of "woman" first attested 1902 in Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| dame | |
noun | |
| 1. | informal terms for a (young) woman |
| 2. | a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady" |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Dame
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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