What does "dame" mean?
Dame: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.
- 3.A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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