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dame

dame \'da-m\ n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L domina, fem. of dominus master; akin to L 
   dom]us house - more at TIMBER 1: a woman of rank, station, or authority : 
   as  archaic  1a: the mistress of a household  1b: the wife or daughter of a 
   lord  1c: a female member of an order of knighthood - used as a title 
   prefixed  to the given name 2a: an elderly woman  slang  2b: WOMAN