dame

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dame [dame dames] BrE [deɪm] NAmE [deɪm] noun
1. Dame(in Britain) a title given to a woman as a special honour because of the work she has done
•Dame Maggie Smith
•She was made a Dame in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
2. (old-fashioned, NAmE, informal)a woman
3. = ↑pantomime dame

Word Origin:
Middle English (denoting a female ruler): via Old French from Latin domina ‘mistress’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  madam, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird