noun 1. (in a pantomime) an old woman played by a male actor ○ The dame was played by a famous boxer. 2. US a woman (informal.) ○ Who’s that dame I saw you with last night? 3. a title given to some women (NOTE: Dame is the equivalent to ‘Sir’ for men. As a title, it is written before the woman’s Christian name, followed by the surname: Dame Judy Dench.)
dame
(dam), 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.
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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