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dame
[deym]
–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
1175–1225; ME < OF < L domina, fem. of dominus lord, master

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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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Language Translation for : dame
Spanish:
dama,
German:
die Dame,
Japanese:
身分のある婦人
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
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