Dames

noun

/deɪmz/

Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

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

"Dame Edith Sitwell"

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

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

4.noun(slightly derogatory) A woman.

5.nounA lady, a woman.

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