dame
dame is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.
- 3.A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abecedarian
- adviser
- apostle
- bear
- chalk
- clergy
- coach
- crammer
- director
- disciplinarian
- dominie
- don
- dry
- duenna
- example
- expositor
- for
- governess
- governor
- grinder
- guide
- guru
- imitation
- institutor
- instructor
- leader
- lecturer
- master
- mentor
- missionary
- model
- monitor
- nurse
- pastor
- pedagogue
- pioneer
- preacher
- preceptor
- prelector
- professor
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is dame.
- What is 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 called?
- What is a woman in general, esp. an elderly woman called?
- What is a mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds. [Obs.] Chaucer called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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