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Meanings of damehood in English
Rank of an order of knighthood accorded to a woman.
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Examples for "lady"
Examples for "lady"
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Find in the Glossary the meaning of: sire; knight; lady; glens; towers.
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Hafeez tweeted: Met an inspirational Young lady today morning at Golf course.
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Thus why would this young lady come forward in hope of justice?
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One lady said that the situation was 'out of control and dangerous'.
5
Charmingly bossy service from the lady of the house, and great value.
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So the grande dame of Kraków snores, I cannot help but think.
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Nay, dear dame, it is turn and turn betwixt you and me.
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The next day the dame let her lord go forth in peace.
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Old Briton and the dame looked on and deemed the symptoms favorable.
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Eliduc put his fief once more in the hands of his dame.
Usage of damehood in English
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The damehood awarded to the classicist Mary Beard is likely to prove more popular.
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Another retail battle won; another step closer to damehood for TV's least throttle-worthy makeover mandarin.
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Last year a former Manchester headteacher, Jean Else, became the first woman to have her damehood annulled.
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Sir Andy was asked if his esteemed teammate should get an honorary damehood if Team SerAndy win Wimbledon.
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Historian and Cambridge University professor Dame Mary Beard tweeted she was "hugely pleased" to be honoured with a damehood.
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Awards include a damehood for nursing pioneer Prof Elizabeth Anionwu, and a knighthood for Cambridge chemist and DNA expert Prof Shankar Balasubramanian.
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Angelina Jolie wore a Ralph & Russo suit to Buckingham Palace when she was presented with her honorary damehood by the Queen.
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Corlett passed away on Saturday night - 12 days shy of her 90th birthday - without that damehood.
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The awards also include a damehood for model Lesley Lawson, better known as Twiggy, one of the defining faces of the swinging 1960s.
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Tony Abbot bringing back knighthoods and damehoods, also the proposed changes to race hate laws.
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First came the Damehood then the Halberg Award for Coach of the Year and a Sport New Zealand leadership award.
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Tony Abbot bringing back knighthoods and damehoods, also the proposed changes… Read more Audio 9:35 AM.
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Damehood through the time