dame
IPA: dˈeɪm
noun
- (Britain) Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
- (Britain) A matron at a school, especially Eton College.
- (Britain, theater) In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
- (US, dated, informal, slightly derogatory) A woman.
- (archaic) A lady, a woman.
- (chess, slang) A queen.
- (Britain) The titular prefix given to a female knight
verb
- To make a dame.
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Examples of "dame" in Sentences
- She was the fairy and he was the dame.
- He is the bellringer of the Notre Dame Cathedral.
- The logo represents that of the Notre Dame symbol.
- He is the opposite of Dame Edna, uncouth and coarse.
- He attended the University of Notre Dame in the 1960s.
- Students enrolled in Finis produce the Notre Dame yearbook.
- She was the wife of the village curate and ran a dame school.
- The fight song is to the tune of the Notre Dame Victory March.
- He swam in college in the USA for the University of Notre Dame.
- He plays the part of a dame in the amateur pantomime in his local village.
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