Associations to the word «Dame»

Wiktionary

DAME, noun. (British) The equivalent title to Sir for a female knight.
DAME, noun. (dated) (informal) (slightly derogatory) (US) A woman.
DAME, noun. A traditional character in British pantomime, a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
DAME, noun. (archaic) lady, woman.
DAME, noun. (UK) A matron at Eton College.
DAME, noun. (British) The titular prefix given to a female knight

Dictionary definition

DAME, noun. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
DAME, noun. A woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats