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Uncommondame
The correct spelling is dame.
How to pronounce dame
/deɪm/
nounIPA: /deɪm/
Say it like: Dam-e
The correct spelling is dame. Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight. For example: "Dame Edith Sitwell"
Usage Examples
“Dame Edith Sitwell”
Definition
noun
- 1.Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
- 2.A matron at a school, especially Eton College.
- 3.In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
- 4.(slightly derogatory) A woman.
- 5.A lady, a woman.
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