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Meaning of dame

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

dame

Pronunciation:/deɪm/

noun

Definitions

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

    Example: Dame Edith Sitwell

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

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

  4. (slightly derogatory) A woman.