dame

[US]/deɪm/
[UK]/dem/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a title of honor equivalent to "madam" used in the UK; the wife of a knight or baronet.

Phrases & Collocations

Dame Helen Mirren

Dame Judi Dench

notre dame

Example Sentences

the grande dame of British sculpture.

Look at the ice on that dame!

the grande dame of women's professional tennis.

the fair dame, companied by Statius and myself.

the local grande dame for whom George had a tendresse.

ma'am school (=dame school)

Dame un beso, soy perfecta!

Dame Ellen Terry was a famous actress.

La Dame aux came&1&lias (Camille)

The dame tell of her experience as a wife and mother.

he shout :“I'm free !? These damed chinch should pay for their affront for me !!"

he shout :“I'm free !? These damed chinch should pay for their affront for me !!”

I caused much hilarity clopping around the kitchen like a bow-legged pantomime dame with third-degree piles.

When Dame Cicely Saunders, who founded the Saint Christopher's Hospice in London in 1967, first aired those ideas, the medical world was hostile.

Quasinodo, the bell striker naturally macrocephalic and accepted by Notre Dame de Paris, Frollo, coadjutor and Phoebus, the leader of housecarl, they let themselves go to beautiful Esmeralda.

Real-world Examples

My dame hath a lame tame crane. My dame hath a crane that is lame.

Source: Fun Practice Speaking: English Tongue Twisters

Notre Dame's overseers are trying to strike a balance.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Which school has the most college football national championships, Alabama, Yale, Notre Dame or Michigan?

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

One for the master, and one for the dame.

Source: Mother Goose Rhymes Collection

Theresa Sackler was made a dame and is a trustee of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Source: New York Times

What would a real interview with this dame be worth?

Source: Roman Holiday Selection

These grandes dames tend to marry more often and have fewer children than less-educated women.

Source: The Economist - Arts

You can hear it at the beginning of the word: dame.

Source: Professional British Pronunciation Video Course

" Plead you to me, fair dame" ?

Source: Shakespeare's Story Collection

Taiwo Ajai-Lycett is the grande dame of Nollywood.

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) March 2018 Collection

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