Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dame"

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) 1.7 (wn)

dame
n 1: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: {doll}, {wench}, {skirt},
{chick}, {bird}]
2: a woman of refinement [syn: {madam}, {ma'am}, {lady}, {gentlewoman}]


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