dames

/deษชmz/

IPA: /D EY1 M Z/

noun
  1. 1

    Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.

    โ€œDame Edith Sitwellโ€

  2. 2

    A matron at a school, especially Eton College.

  3. 3

    In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.

  4. 4

    (slightly derogatory) A woman.

  5. 5

    A lady, a woman.

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