Crossword clues for dame
dame
- "South Pacific" song subject
- Woman of the knight?
- Woman of the knight
- Woman in cheap detective novels
- Title for Myra Hess
- Title for Maggie Smith or Judi Dench
- There is nothing like one
- Slangy woman
- Panto character
- Notre __ University
- Myra Hess, e.g
- May Whitty, e.g
- Lord's lady
- Judi Dench title
- Joan Sutherland or Judi Dench, e.g
- Helen Mirren's title
- Helen Mirren, e.g
- Edith Evans, e.g
- Dench's title
- Baronet's bride
- Angela Lansbury title
- Agatha Christie, for one
- Agatha Christie or Margot Fonteyn, e.g
- "There Is Nothin' Like a __"
- "The Hunchback of Notre ___" (1996 Disney movie)
- Woman, to a pulp novel detective
- Woman, in pulp fiction
- Woman of station
- Wife of a lord
- Wife of a baronet
- Twiggy, as of 2019
- Titled female
- Title for Ninette de Valois
- Title for Margot Fonteyn
- Title for Maggie Smith or Helen Mirren
- Title for Julie Andrews or Judi Dench
- Title for Julie Andrews
- Title for Joan Sutherland
- Title for Joan Collins
- Title for Hess
- Title for Emma Thompson
- Title for Edith Evans
- Title for Britain's poet laureate
- Title equivalent to "Sir"
- Title bestowed on Julie Andrews
- Title bestowed on Judi Dench
- Title bestowed on du Maurier
- Title bestowed by Her Majesty
- There's nothing like one, in a song
- Stock film noir character
- Sir's equivalent
- Shaggy song about a broad?
- Pulp figure
- Notre --
- Noted woman
- Noir heroine, maybe
- Noble woman, in the U.K., or woman, not-so-nobly, in the U.S
- Melba, e.g
- Margot or Judith
- Margot Fonteyn's title
- Margot Fonteyn, among others
- Margot Fonteyn for one
- Margot Fonteyn e.g
- Many a titled Brit
- Maggie Smith, for one
- Luis Miguel single off of "Nada Es Igual"
- Lansbury, since 2014
- Lady in the court
- Knighted lady
- Knight's spouse
- Knight's counterpart
- Keats's "La Belle ___ Sans Merci"
- Julie Andrews or Shirley Bassey
- Julie Andrews or Judi Dench
- Julie Andrews or Helen Mirren
- Judi Dench's title
- Joan Sutherland or Judi Dench
- Joan Collins, since early 2015
- J.Lo "___ (Touch Me)"
- Helen Mirren or Maggie Smith
- Helen Mirren or Judi Dench
- Film noir woman
- Female V.I.P
- Female knight
- Female equivalent of a knight
- Emma Thompson, since 2018
- Emma Thompson, as of 2018
- Edna, for one
- Edna of TV
- Edna Everage's title
- Edith Evans or Edna Everage
- Distinguished woman
- Christie title
- Baronet's lady
- Barbara Cartland or Agatha Christie
- Angela Lansbury's title
- Agatha title
- Agatha Christie or Maggie Smith
- Agatha Christie e.g
- Actress May Whitty, for one
- "There is Nothing Like a ___"
- ____ May Whitty
- ____ Edna
- ___ Edna
- Lady of the knight?
- Edith Evans, e.g.
- "There Is Nothin' Like a _____"
- Baronet's wife
- Agatha Christie, e.g.
- Female V.I.P.
- British title for actress Julie Walters
- Knight's wife, in olden times
- Nellie Melba, e.g.
- Edith Evans, for one
- Title for Kiri Te Kanawa
- Broad
- Lady's title
- Woman of distinction
- Gentlewoman
- Honored lady
- Woman of rank
- Titled lady
- Judi Dench, for one
- Title for Agatha Christie
- Honored woman
- Notre ____
- With 116-Across, saucy Aussie
- Actress Maggie Smith, e.g.
- Melba, e.g.
- Agatha Christie title
- Title for Helen Mirren or Maggie Smith
- "There Is Nothin' Like a ___" ("South Pacific" song)
- Julie Andrews, for one
- "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" figure
- Daphne du Maurier, e.g.
- Angela Lansbury, e.g.
- Helen Mirren, e.g.
- Woman in a hard-boiled detective story
- One appointed to the Royal Victorian Order
- A woman of refinement
- Informal terms for a (young) woman
- Subject of a "South Pacific" song
- Matron
- Singer Janet Baker's title
- Title for Hess or Evans
- There's nothing like her
- Title Christie held
- Christie was one
- May Whitty, e.g.
- Spouse of a knight
- Lady of quality
- Christie or Evans
- Maggie Smith's title
- Title for Evans or Sutherland
- Title for 68 Across
- Judith Anderson, e.g.
- Peggy Ashcroft's title
- May Whitty's title
- Judith Anderson, for one
- Christie or Hess
- Myra Hess, for one
- Grand lady
- Title Agatha Christie held
- Beknighted female
- Agatha Christie was one
- Kind of school
- Lady of Nice
- Title for Judith Anderson
- Christie's title
- "Pique ___," Tchaikovsky opera
- ___ Myra Hess
- Judith Anderson's title
- ___ Joan Sutherland
- Title given to Myra Hess
- Anderson or Fonteyn
- Du Maurier title
- Title for Christie or Hess
- English title for actress Maggie Smith
- Whitty of films
- Show person, lawyer and writer
- Broad raised stupid point
- Sir's counterpart
- Lord's wife
- Title for Judi Dench or Helen Mirren
- Titled woman of England
- Sir's partner
- Knighted woman
- Titled British woman
- Knight's lady
- Feminine title
- Paris cathedral, Notre ...
- Agatha Christie's title?
- Member of the nobility
- Notre ___ University
- Judi Dench, e.g
- Woman with a title
- Woman of refinement
- There's nothing like one, in song
- Knight's equivalent
- Julie Andrews title
- University of Notre ___
- University of Notre __
- Titled Britisher
- Title not offered to men
- Sir's wife
- Knight counterpart
- Helen Mirren title
- British noble title
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dame \Dame\ (d[=a]m), n. [F. dame, LL. domna, fr. L. domina mistress, lady, fem. of dominus master, ruler, lord; akin to domare to tame, subdue. See Tame, and cf. Dam a mother, Dan, Danger, Dungeon, Dominie, Don, n., Duenna.]
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A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady.
Then shall these lords do vex me half so much, As that proud dame, the lord protector's wife.
--Shak. -
The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school.
In the dame's classes at the village school.
--Emerson. A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.
A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 13c., from Old French dame "lady, mistress, wife," from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina "lady, mistress of the house," from Latin domus "house" (see domestic). Legal title for the wife of a knight or baronet. Slang sense of "woman" first attested 1902 in American English.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context British English) The (l en equivalent) title to (l en Sir) for a female (l en knight). 2 (context dated informal slightly derogatory US English) A woman. 3 A traditional character in British pantomime, a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag. 4 (context archaic English) (l en lady Lady), woman.
WordNet
Gazetteer
Wikipedia
" Dame" is a female noble title equivalent to "sir" for knights.
Dame may also refer to:
- "Dame" (song), the second single from RBD's third studio album Celestial
- Delhi Airport Metro Express, an express line of Delhi Metro network.
- A pantomime dame
- "Dame", 1996 song by Luis Miguel from the album Nada Es Igual
- A title of respect for certain Benedictine nuns equivalent to the male " Dom"
- An old word for the game pieces in the game of draughts or checkers
- Dame (Go), a term in game of Go
Damè is a town and arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Toffo. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin on February 15, 2002, the arrondissement had a total population of 11,034.
"Dame" (English: "Give Me") is a song written by Carlos Lara and recorded by RBD for their third Spanish studio album Celestial (2006). The song was sent to radio stations in the United States to see what the results would become. The song debuted in February 2007 at number 42 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs in the US and has peaked at number 38 ever since.
During the Celestial tour, Christopher and Alfonso sang a few rap verses after the second chorus. In The Live Nation Show this rap was done just by Christopher.
Usage examples of "dame".
Abu Obeidah admonished his brethren not to despise the baser origin of Dames, since he himself, could he relinquish the public care, would cheerfully serve under the banner of the slave.
I had gone forth to visit Dame Clatworthy, who hath the tertian ague, and they did beset me on my return.
Michael noted, as he turned to the Grand Dame Alpha with his hands loose and open.
And to keep safe the werewolf clans of Crimson City, the Grand Dame Alpha would do anything.
Grand Dame Alpha, Michael highly doubted the accuracy of that last barb.
Did the Grand Dame Alpha contact the vampires or police about the murder?
Grand Dame Alpha, an odd look on her face as she watched Keeli struggle to sit up.
Grand Dame Alpha, stalking through the wolves with a strength and poise that Michael would never have imagined, considering her age.
Grand Dame Alpha was sitting at her desk in front of the fireplace when Michael knocked on the door and entered her room.
The article practically accused the Grand Dame Alpha of violating clan trust to pull strings for her granddaughter.
Jesu our alther liege Lord to leave their wassailing for there was above one quick with child, a gentle dame, whose time hied fast.
Dame Prudence, and her wise information and teaching, his heart gan incline to the will of his wife, considering her true intent, he conformed him anon and assented fully to work after her counsel, and thanked God, of whom proceedeth all goodness and all virtue, that him sent a wife of so great discretion.
The beloved son-in-law of the minister, speaking with an open heart to his friends, who were travelling, and absent, represented the King to them as a sort of country-gentleman, given up now to the domestic and uniform life of the manor-house, more than ever devoted to his dame bourgeoise, and making love ecstatically at the feet of this young nymph of fifty seasons.
Dame Elianor Butteler, daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury, to whom he was affianced, and transferred the royal affections to her own daughter.
Er zijn twee oude dames, die ik niet ken, en die naar de cadeaux kijken, of ze er een paar in hun zak willen steken.