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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
dame
    n 1: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll,
         wench, skirt, chick, bird]
    2: a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the
       limousine for the grand lady" [syn: dame, madam, ma'am,
       lady, gentlewoman]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dame \Dame\ (d[=a]m), n. [F. dame, LL. domna, fr. L. domina
   mistress, lady, fem. of dominus master, ruler, lord; akin to
   domare to tame, subdue. See Tame, and cf. Dam a mother,
   Dan, Danger, Dungeon, Dominie, Don, n., Duenna.]
   1. A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in
      authority; especially, a lady.
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            Then shall these lords do vex me half so much,
            As that proud dame, the lord protector's wife.
                                                  --Shak.
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   2. The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress
      of a common school; as, a dame's school.
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            In the dame's classes at the village school.
      --Emerson.
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   3. A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.
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   4. A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds.
      [Obs.] --Chaucer.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for dame:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Eve, Frau, Fraulein, Jane, Miss, Mistress, Mlle, Mme, Mmes, abbess, archduchess, babe, baby, baroness, beldam, biddy, bird, bitch, broad, chatelaine, chick, colleen, countess, crone, cutie, damoiselle, damsel, daughter of Eve, demoiselle, distaff, doll, domina, dona, donna, dowager, duchess, duenna, educatress, femme, filly, first lady, frail, frow, frump, gal, gentlewoman, girl, girlie, goodwife, governess, grand duchess, grandam, grandmother, granny, great lady, hag, heifer, hen, homemaker, housewife, hoyden, instructress, jeune fille, jill, junior miss, khanum, lady, lass, lassie, little missy, madam, madame, mademoiselle, maid, maiden, marchioness, margravine, matriarch, matron, mem-sahib, mesdames, milady, minx, miss, missy, mistress, mother superior, noblewoman, nymphet, old battle-ax, old dame, old girl, old granny, old lady, old trot, old wife, old woman, peeress, piece, romp, schooldame, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmarm, schoolmiss, schoolmistress, senhora, senhorita, signora, signorina, skirt, slip, squaw, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen, subteener, teenybopper, tomato, tomboy, trot, tutoress, virgin, viscountess, vrouw, wahine, war-horse, weaker vessel, wench, witch, woman, young creature, young thing
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