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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