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'''Dame''' meaning "[[lady]]"; entered [[Middle English]] from Latin ''domina'', mistress, via French ''dame'', ({{IPA|/dam/}}).
A '''Dame''' may be:
*A female rank equivalent to a [[knight]] (e.g. [[Dame (title)|Dame]] Grand Cross or Dame Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]]).
*A female [[Seigneurie]] (i.e. [[Sibyl Mary Hathaway|Sibyl Hathaway]], Dame of Sark)
*A title of respect for certain [[Benedictine]] [[nuns]], for example those of the [[English Benedictine Congregation]] (e.g. Dame [[Laurentia McLachlan]], late Abbess of Stanbrook, Dame [[Felicitas Corrigan]], late author, abbess) -- the male equivalent being "Dom", derived from Latin "Dominus" (e.g. [[John Chapman OSB|Dom John Chapman]], late Abbot of Downside).
*A [[pantomime dame]].
*An old word for the game pieces in the game of [[draughts|checkers]].
*A [[woman]]. Slang from the 1940s.
*"[[Dame (song)|Dame]]", the second single from RBD's third studio album ''Celestial''.
*[[Dame Edna Everage]], is a character played by Australian comedian [[Barry Humphries]].
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