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Definition of Dame

1. Noun. Informal terms for a (young) woman.

2. Noun. A woman of refinement. "A chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady"

Definition of Dame

1. n. A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady.

Definition of Dame

1. a matron [n -S] - See also: matron

Medical Definition of Dame

1. 1. A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a womam 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." 3. A woman in general, especially. An elderly woman. 4. A mother; applied to human beings and quadrupeds. Origin: 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 mother, Dan, Danger, Dangeon, Dungeon, Dominie, Don, Duenna. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dame

damasking damaskins damasks damask rose Damask steel damask violet damassin damassins Dama dama damboard

damboards dambose dambrod dambrods dame (current term) dame (current term) Dame's violet dames damewort damewort

dameworts Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie Dame Alice Ellen Terry Dame Alicia Markova Dame Barbara Hepworth Dame Daphne du Maurier Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell Dame Edith Sitwell Dame Ellen Terry Dame Jean Iris Murdoch

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