'Dame' definitions:
Definition of 'dame'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Dame'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Then shall these lords do vex me half so much, As that proud dame, the lord protector's wife. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school. [1913 Webster]
- In the dame's classes at the village school. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dame'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbess,
- archduchess,
- babe,
- baby,
- baroness,
- beldam,
- biddy,
- bird,
- bitch,
- broad,
- chatelaine,
- chick,
- colleen,
- countess,
- crone,
- cutie,
- damoiselle,
- damsel,
- daughter of Eve,
- demoiselle,
- distaff,
- doll,
- domina,
- dona,
- donna,
- dowager,
- duchess,
- duenna,
- educatress,
- Eve,
- femme,
- filly,
- first lady,
- frail,
- Frau,
- Fraulein,
- frow,
- frump,
- gal,
- gentlewoman,
- girl,
- girlie,
- goodwife,
- governess,
- grand duchess,
- grandam,
- grandmother,
- granny,
- great lady,
- hag,
- heifer,
- hen,
- homemaker,
- housewife,
- hoyden,
- instructress,
- Jane,
- jeune fille,
- jill,
- junior miss,
- khanum,
- lady,
- lass,
- lassie,
- little missy,
- madam,
- madame,
- mademoiselle,
- maid,
- maiden,
- marchioness,
- margravine,
- matriarch,
- matron,
- mem-sahib,
- mesdames,
- milady,
- minx,
- Miss,
- miss,
- missy,
- mistress,
- Mistress,
- Mlle,
- Mme,
- Mmes,
- mother superior,
- noblewoman,
- nymphet,
- old battle-ax,
- old dame,
- old girl,
- old granny,
- old lady,
- old trot,
- old wife,
- old woman,
- peeress,
- piece,
- romp,
- schooldame,
- schoolgirl,
- schoolmaid,
- schoolmarm,
- schoolmiss,
- schoolmistress,
- senhora,
- senhorita,
- signora,
- signorina,
- skirt,
- slip,
- squaw,
- subdeb,
- subdebutante,
- subteen,
- subteener,
- teenybopper,
- tomato,
- tomboy,
- trot,
- tutoress,
- virgin,
- viscountess,
- vrouw,
- wahine,
- war-horse,
- weaker vessel,
- wench,
- witch,
- woman,
- young creature,
- young thing
Words containing 'Dame'
- Dame's violet,
- Dames Quarter,
- grande dame,
- Dames Quarter, MD,
- Hake's-dame,
- dame alicia markova,
- dame barbara hepworth,
- dame edith sitwell,
- dame ellen terry,
- dame joan sutherland,
- dame margot fonteyn,
- dame muriel spark,
- dame myra hess,
- dame nellie melba,
- dame rebecca west,
- dame sybil thorndike,
- dame alice ellen terry,
- dame daphne du maurier,
- dame edith louisa sitwell,
- dame jean iris murdoch,
- dame kiri te kanawa,
- battle of the chemin-des-dames,
- dame agatha mary clarissa christie,
- dame kiri janette te kanawa