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   Dame , n. [F. dame, LL. domna, fr. L. domina mistress, lady, fem. of dominus master, ruler, lord; akin to domare to tame, subdue. See Tame, and cf. Dam a mother, Dan, Danger, Dungeon, Dominie, Don, n., Duenna.]
   A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady.
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   Then shall these lords do vex me half so much,
   As that proud dame, the lord protector's wife.
   Shak.
   
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   The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school.
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   In the dame's classes at the village school.
   Emerson.
   
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   A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.
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   A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds. [Obs.]
   Chaucer.
   
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