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A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady.

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  1. n. A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady.
  2. n. The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school.
  3. n. A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.
  4. n. A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds.
  5. n. informal terms for a (young) woman
  6. n. a woman of refinement
  7. 1. A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a womam in authority; especially, a lady. Then shall these lords do vex me half so much, As that proud dame, the lord protector's wife. Shak. 2. The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school. In the dame's classes at the village school. Emerson. 3. A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman. 4. A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  8. n:100 n. informal terms for a (young) woman n. a woman of refinement