Definition of "dame" in English

noun

1. (British) Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.

   • Dame Edith Sitwell

2. (British) A matron at a school, especially Eton College.

3. (British, theater) In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.

4. (US, dated, informal, slightly derogatory) A woman.

5. (archaic) A lady, a woman.

6. The hereditary feudal ruler (seigneur) of Sark, when the title is held by a woman in her own right.

7. (chess, slang) A queen.

verb

1. To make a dame.