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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dame n 1: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: {doll}, {wench}, {skirt}, {chick}, {bird}] 2: a woman of refinement [syn: {madam}, {madame}, {ma'am}, {lady}, {gentlewoman}]
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