dame

Meaning

Noun

1. (British) Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
2. (British) A matron at a school, especially Eton College.
3. (British) In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
4. (US, dated, informal) A woman.
5. (archaic) A lady, a woman.
6. The hereditary feudal ruler (seigneur) of Sark, when the title is held by a woman in her own right.
7. (slang) A queen.

Verb

To make a dame.

Synonyms

lady

gentlewoman

woman

👩

matron

wench

madam

wife

👰‍♀️

female

♀️

chick

ma’am

bird

🐦

doll

dowager

skirt

damsel

babe

broad

signorina

widow

young woman

damoiselle

Miss

damosel

bird

🐦

baby

👶

damozel

demoiselle

fille

friend

gal

girl

👧

mademoiselle

maid

maiden

mam

mesdemoiselles

miss

Mrs

sexpot

sheila

Translations

dama

dame

dama

vrouw

👩

dama

mulher

👩

lady

garota

👧

γυναίκα

κυρία

jonkvrouw

signora

fille

👧

Dame

dam

Pronounced as (IPA)

/deɪm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dame

In summary

From Middle English dame, dam (“noble lady”), from Old French dame (“lady; term of address for a woman; the queen in card games and chess”), from Latin domina (“mistress of the house”), feminine form of dominus (“lord, master, ruler; owner of a residence”), or from Latin domus (“home, house”). Doublet of domina and donna.