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Definition of 'dame' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) dame
(cap.) (in Britain)

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

3.  dame
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.

4.  dame
(formerly) a form of address to any woman of rank or authority.

5.  dame
a matronly woman of advanced age; matron.

6.  dame
Archaic. the mistress of a household.

7.  dame
Archaic. a woman of rank or authority, esp. a female ruler.

Etymology:  (1175–1225; ME < OF < L domina, fem. of dominus lord, master)

Definition of 'dame' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird
informal terms for a (young) woman

2. (noun) dame, madam, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman
a woman of refinement
"a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady"


Definition of 'dame' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) dame
a mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady

2. (noun) dame
the mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school

3. (noun) dame
a woman in general, esp. an elderly woman

4. (noun) dame
a mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds


Translation of 'dame' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (the status of) a lady of the same rank as a knight
There were several dames at the royal wedding.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: adellike dame, dame Arabic flag Arabic: سَيِّدَه شَريفَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: дама
Brazilian flag Brazilian: dama Czech flag Czech: dáma German flag German: die Dame
Danish flag Danish: Dame Greek flag Greek: δέσποινα (τίτλος αντίστοι Spanish flag Spanish: dama
Estonian flag Estonian: daam Farsi flag Farsi: بانوی کاخ؛ زن شوالیه Finnish flag Finnish: dame
French flag French: dame Hebrew flag Hebrew: תּוֹאָר אָצוּלָה - גְּבֶר Hindi flag Hindi: स्त्री
Croatian flag Croatian: dama, gospođa Hungarian flag Hungarian: női lovagi rang Indonesian flag Indonesian: gelar bangsawan wanita
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hefðarkona/-frú Italian flag Italian: dama Japanese flag Japanese: 身分のある婦人
Korean flag Korean: 기사의 부인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: dama Latvian flag Latvian: dāma
Malay flag Malay: wanita yang mendapat anug Dutch flag Dutch: dame Norwegian flag Norwegian: adelsdame
Polish flag Polish: (tytuł szlachecki) Persian flag Persian: بانوی کاخ؛ زن شوالیه Pashto flag Pashto: ښځه: مېرمن
Portuguese flag Portuguese: dama Romanian flag Romanian: doamnă Russian flag Russian: кавалерственная дама
Slovak flag Slovak: dáma Slovenian flag Slovenian: dama Serbian flag Serbian: gospa
Swedish flag Swedish: dam Thai flag Thai: ยศขุนนางสำหรับสตรี Turkish flag Turkish: kadın şövalye
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 女爵士,貴婦人 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: баронеса; орденоносиця Urdu flag Urdu: نائٹ کے مشابہ مرتبہ رکھنے
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: phu nhân Chinese flag Chinese: (英国)女爵士,贵妇人

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