Found 3 items, similar to Dame.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: dame
nyonya rumah, perempuan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dame
dame
n 1: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn:
doll,
wench,
skirt,
chick,
bird]
2: a woman of refinement;
“a chauffeur opened the door of the
limousine for the grand lady” [syn:
madam,
ma'am,
lady,
gentlewoman]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dame
Dame
\Dame\ (d[=a]m), n. [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, n.,
Duenna.]
1. A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in
authority; especially, a lady.
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Then shall these lords do vex me half so much,
As that proud dame, the lord protector's wife.
--Shak.
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2. The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress
of a common school; as, a dame's school.
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In the dame's classes at the village school.
--Emerson.
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3. A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.
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4. A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
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