Meaning

7 senses
  1. (UK)Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.

    Dame Edith Sitwell

    ле́диlédi, деймdejm, да́маdáma

  2. (UK)A matron at a school, especially Eton College.

  3. (UK)In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.

  4. (US, dated, informal)A woman.

    да́мочкаdámočka, бабёнкаbabjónka, ба́баbába

    a woman of refinement

  5. The hereditary feudal ruler (seigneur) of Sark, when the title is held by a woman in her own right.

  6. (slang)A queen.

  7. (archaic)A lady, a woman.

    informal terms for a (young) woman

Examples

19 sentences
  1. He built an exact replica of Notre Dame Cathedral.

    deEr baute die Notre-Dame-Kathedrale exakt nach. — Yorwba

  2. Who is this old dame?

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  3. She actually is a dame.

  4. Notre-Dame is a church in Paris.

    ruНотр-Дам - церковь в Париже. — carlosalberto

    deNotre-Dame ist eine Kirche in Paris. — carlosalberto

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  5. Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris dates from the Middle Ages.

    deDie Kathedrale Notre Dame in Paris stammt aus dem Mittelalter. — Jens_Odo

Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 3
title equivalent to Sir for a female knight:
(US, dated, informal, slightly derogatory) a woman:
(archaic) lady, woman:

Origin

From Middle English dame, dam (“noble lady”), from Old French dame (“lady; term of address

From Middle English dame, dam (“noble lady”), from Old French dame (“lady; term of address for a woman; the queen in card games and chess”), from Latin domina (“mistress of the house”), feminine form of dominus (“lord, master, ruler; owner of a residence”), or from Latin domus (“home, house”). Doublet of domina and donna.

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