| 单词 | dame |
| 释义 | dame /daym/, n. 1. (cap.) (in Britain) a. the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight. b. the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet. 2. (formerly) a form of address to any woman of rank or authority. 3. a matronly woman of advanced age; matron. 4. Slang (sometimes offensive). a woman; female. 5. Eccles. a title of a nun in certain orders. 6. a mistress of a dame-school. 7. Archaic. the mistress of a household. 8. Archaic. a woman of rank or authority, esp. a female ruler. [1175-1225; ME < OF < L domina, fem. of dominus lord, master] |
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