dame

French

noun
Definitions
  • A lady
  • A polite form of address for a woman.
  • (chess) queen
  • (card games) queen

Etymology

Inherited from Old French dame (term of address for a woman, the queen in card games and chess, lady, woman) inherited from Latin domna, domina (mistress, lady, mistress of the house, mistress of an estate household).

Origin

Latin

domina

Gloss

mistress, lady, mistress of the house, mistress of an estate household

Concept
Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

婦

Emoji

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