Dame

Dame meaning "lady"; entered Middle English from Latin domina, mistress, via French dame (pronounced [dam]).

A Dame may be:

A female title indicating rank, equivalent to the Sir used as the title of a knight (e.g., before the name of a Dame Grand Cross or a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire).
A female Seigneur (e.g., Dame Sibyl Hathaway, Dame of Sark)
A title of respect for certain Benedictine nuns, for example those of the English Benedictine Congregation (e.g. Dame Laurentia McLachlan, late Abbess of Stanbrook, Dame Felicitas Corrigan, late author, abbess) -- the male equivalent being "Dom", derived from Latin "Dominus" (e.g. Dom John Chapman, late Abbot of Downside).
A pantomime dame.
An old word for the game pieces in the game of checkers.
A woman. Slang from the 1940s.
"Dame", the second single from RBD's third studio album Celestial.
Dame Edna Everage, is a character played by Australian comedian Barry Humphries.

See also

Dame (title)

Translation

The word "Dame" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Danish, German, French, Dutch, Finnish.

Translation(s) in other languages: Bulgarian: Дама, Ido: Damo, Italian: Dama (disambigua), Low Saxon: Daam, Russian: Дама, Slovak: Dáma.