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dame

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As a noun, dame means usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight. As a verb, it means make a dame.

Meanings of dame

8 meanings

noun

  1. UKUsually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.

    “Dame Edith Sitwell”

  2. UKA matron at a school, especially Eton College.

  3. UKtheaterIn traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.

  4. chessslangA queen.

  5. Informal terms for a (young) womanperson

    Similar: doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird
Older and rare meanings (2)

  1. USdatedinformalslightlyderogatoryA woman.

  2. archaicA lady, a woman.

verb

  1. To make a dame.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

dame around the world

UKUsually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
UKA matron at a school, especially Eton College.
UKIn traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
USA woman.

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noun: informal terms for a (young) woman
dollwenchskirtchickbird
noun: a woman of refinement
madamma'amladygentlewoman

Words that rhyme with dame

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