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as in dowager
a dignified usually elderly woman of some rank or authority
as the grand dames of local society, they determined which charities received support
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as in lady
a woman of high birth or social position
the lords and dames of the shire eagerly awaited the royal visit
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Recent Examples of dame
The pas de deux between Billy and Kris is entrancingly sexy, and the film’s love relationship to movie magic is just as romantic, from Anderson’s grand-dame costuming to the matte paintings that serve as backdrops in both the film-within-the-film and the one containing it.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
27 May 2026
Confined to a wheelchair following two hip replacements, Taylor — who was made a dame in 2000 by Prime Minister Tony Blair — survived surgery for a benign brain tumor in 1997 and also suffered bouts of pneumonia, scoliosis and congestive heart failure.
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Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
27 May 2026
Where to Stay The Algonquin Resort is the grand dame in town and has been welcoming those looking for an oceanside escape since 1914.
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Maryam Siddiqi,
Travel + Leisure,
18 May 2026
Up the block from the Baby Grand is the grand dame of San Diego County tourism, the Hotel del Coronado, which went up in 1888, completed a $550-million renovation last year and starts its rates north of $600.
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Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
27 May 2026
Confined to a wheelchair following two hip replacements, Taylor — who was made a dame in 2000 by Prime Minister Tony Blair — survived surgery for a benign brain tumor in 1997 and also suffered bouts of pneumonia, scoliosis and congestive heart failure.
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Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
27 May 2026
Where to Stay The Algonquin Resort is the grand dame in town and has been welcoming those looking for an oceanside escape since 1914.
—
Maryam Siddiqi,
Travel + Leisure,
18 May 2026
Up the block from the Baby Grand is the grand dame of San Diego County tourism, the Hotel del Coronado, which went up in 1888, completed a $550-million renovation last year and starts its rates north of $600.
—
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dame
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The show’s underpinned by the differences in character and country of Lady Cora and her formidable mother-in-law, the dowager Countess Violet Crawley, played by the equally formidable and much missed Dame Maggie Smith.
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The empress dowager’s legacy Empress Dowager Ling was largely unsuccessful in her bid for power.
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In less than 48 hours, its Facebook group jumped from 30 area ladies to over 1,000 women across the nation, as well as in other countries.
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And that, ladies and gentlemen, has to be one of the most surreal paragraphs ever printed in The New York Times.
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The May 28 fire tore through a dormitory housing 202 students at the Utumishi Girls School in central Kenya, and students were forced to flee through a single doorway when the school matron failed to open an emergency exit.
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The matron on duty, Annie Leewright, booked the woman into jail.
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The room was spacious and well-outfitted, and there are also double queen guest rooms available in this section of the resort.
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The logic here is highly questionable — dying for your queen and dying by her hand are not equivalent sacrifices — but let’s blame Lorent’s lapse in judgment on the chaos of the moment.
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But the countess couldn’t stop wondering where Alberta’s dress could be.
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Following her turn as a countess in last summer’s Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night, and as a duchess in the Metropolitan Opera’s La Fille du Régiment in October, the actress will play the title role in The Misanthrope from June through August.
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“Dame.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dame. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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