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dames

The correct spelling is dames.

How to pronounce dames

noun

IPA: /deɪmz/

Say it like: Dam-es

The correct spelling is dames. Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight. For example: "Dame Edith Sitwell"

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Dame Edith Sitwell

Definition

noun

  1. 1.Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
  2. 2.A matron at a school, especially Eton College.
  3. 3.In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
  4. 4.(slightly derogatory) A woman.
  5. 5.A lady, a woman.

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