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Meanings of dame in English
Rank of an order of knighthood accorded to a woman.
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Usage of dame in English
1
So the grande dame of Kraków snores, I cannot help but think.
2
Nay, dear dame, it is turn and turn betwixt you and me.
3
The next day the dame let her lord go forth in peace.
4
Old Briton and the dame looked on and deemed the symptoms favorable.
5
Eliduc put his fief once more in the hands of his dame.
6
And, first, let us hang up his charcoal portrait of the school-dame.
7
By the time the dame had restored her, the news had spread.
8
For a short space the dame and the damsel were alike breathless.
9
Our dame is with the maids and the milkpans i' the dairy.
10
That night the Troll began to talk to the old dame again.
11
But it's still a bold move for the grand old London dame.
12
And the old white dame, squinting at the nestlings, said to Henrietta:
13
The poor dame, I fear, will be homeless in her old age.
14
The kitchen was a crucible, and the old dame a mediaeval alchemist.
15
Full many a stately dame in Saxon land shall rue this fight.
16
She asked him if he loved dame or maiden in that land.
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Dame across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare