dame

dame

noun \ˈdām\

Definition of DAME

1

: a woman of rank, station, or authority: as a archaic : the mistress of a household b : the wife or daughter of a lord c : a female member of an order of knighthood —used as a title prefixed to the given name

2

a : an elderly woman b : woman

Examples of DAME

1. She was made a dame the year before she died.
2. <as the grand dames of local society, they determined which charities received support>

Origin of DAME

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin domina, feminine of dominus master; akin to Latin domus house — more at dome

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to DAME

Synonyms: matriarch, dowager, grande dame, matron

Related Words: grandam (or grandame); headmistress, mistress; materfamilias; ma, mama (also mamma or momma), mammy, mom, mother

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Rhymes with DAME

aim, blame, came, claim, fame, flame, frame, game, hame, kame, lame, maim, name, same, shame, tame, wame