dame

Etymology


From, , from , from , form of , or from. .

Noun

 * 1)  Usually capitalized as : a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
 * 2)  A matron at a school, especially.
 * 3)  In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
 * 4)  A woman.
 * 5)  A lady, a woman.
 * 6) The hereditary feudal ruler (seigneur) of Sark, when the title is held by a woman in her own right.
 * 7)  A queen.
 * 1)  A woman.
 * 2)  A lady, a woman.
 * 3) The hereditary feudal ruler (seigneur) of Sark, when the title is held by a woman in her own right.
 * 4)  A queen.
 * 1)  A lady, a woman.
 * 2) The hereditary feudal ruler (seigneur) of Sark, when the title is held by a woman in her own right.
 * 3)  A queen.
 * 1) The hereditary feudal ruler (seigneur) of Sark, when the title is held by a woman in her own right.
 * 2)  A queen.
 * 1) The hereditary feudal ruler (seigneur) of Sark, when the title is held by a woman in her own right.
 * 2)  A queen.
 * 1) The hereditary feudal ruler (seigneur) of Sark, when the title is held by a woman in her own right.
 * 2)  A queen.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:woman

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: да́ма
 * Maori:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, дейм,
 * Serbo-Croatian:


 * Finnish:
 * Polish:, , , , ,
 * Russian:, ,  ,


 * Macedonian: да́ма, го́споѓа
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,

Verb

 * 1) To make a dame.

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) lady
 * 2)  queen

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  lady, woman
 * 2) lady
 * 3)  girlfriend
 * 4)  queen

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Usage notes

 * The nonstandard plural is occasionally encountered in archaising contexts, particularly in sororities. This spelling, however, is an unetymological faux-archaism, as the plural marker  was historically never spelled.

Etymology
, from, shortened variant of.

Noun

 * 1) lady
 * 2)  queen
 * 3)  draughts, checkers

Usage notes
Occasionally, in very formal or official registers, dame can be used as a title with a woman's name, for example dame Jeanne Dupont. Normal usage would be Madame Jeanne Dupont.

Synonyms

 * de, ,

Interjection

 * 1)  why, indeed

Etymology 1
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  high-ranking or noble woman:
 * 2) abbess governor of a nunnery
 * 3)  A female anchorite with servants
 * 4) A housewife mistress of a family
 * 5) A mother of humans, animals, or plants

Etymology
From, via and late.

Noun

 * 1) a lady, woman
 * 2)  a girlfriend
 * 3)  a queen

Etymology
From, via and late.

Noun

 * 1) a lady, woman
 * 2)  a girlfriend
 * 3)  a queen

Etymology
From, shortened variant of.

Usage notes

 * Unlike in modern French, fame usually refers to a, while dame refers to a.