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Synonyms of dame

female, lady, matron, miss, title, woman,

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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

dame

[deym] Pronunciation Key

–noun

(initial capital letter

) (in Britain)

a.	the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.

b.	the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.

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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dame (dām) Pronunciation Key
n.

Used formerly as a courtesy title for a woman in authority or a mistress of a household.
1. A married woman; a matron.
2. An elderly woman.
3. A woman holding a nonhereditary title conferred by a sovereign in recognition of personal merit or service to the country.
4. The wife or widow of a knight.
5. Used as the title for such a woman.
Slang A woman.
Chiefly British
1. A woman holding a nonhereditary title conferred by a sovereign in recognition of personal merit or service to the country.
2. The wife or widow of a knight.
3. Used as the title for such a woman.

[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

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.

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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"

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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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