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Webster 1913 Edition

Dame

Dame

(dām)
,
Noun.
[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
,
Noun.
,
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.
Shakespeare
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dame

DAME

,
Noun.
[Gr., to subdue] Literally, a mistress; hence, a lady; a title of honor to a woman. It is now generally applied to the mistress of a family in the common ranks of life; as is its compound, madam. In poetry, it is applied to a woman of rank, In short, it is applied with propriety to any woman who is or has been the mistress of a family, and it sometimes comprehends women in general.

Definition 2024

damé

damé

See also: dame, Dame, dáme, and Damɛ

French

Verb

damé m ‎(feminine singular damée, masculine plural damés, feminine plural damées)

  1. past participle of damer

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