"Dame" meaning in English

See Dame in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: Dames [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Dame (plural Dames)
  1. (British) The titular prefix given to a female knight Tags: British Coordinate_terms: Sir Translations (titular prefix given to a female): 女爵 (nǚjué) (Chinese Mandarin), Dáma [feminine] (Irish), Kahurangi (Maori), डेम (ḍem) [feminine] (Marathi)

Inflected forms

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