Dames

Word DAMES
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /deɪmz/

Definitions and meanings of "Dames"

What do we mean by dames?

Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.

A matron at a school, especially Eton College.

In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.

(slightly derogatory) A woman.

A lady, a woman.

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The word "dames" in example sentences

As this book has been waiting patiently for purchase on my wish list, I appreciate reading this overview. veggievixen Aug 10 les dames is such a great organization! ❋ Unknown (2009)

The death of the bull, when properly managed, creates as much interest in the ladies of Lima, as the death of the hare to the English huntress, or the winning horse to the titled dames at Newmarket or Doncaster. ❋ Various (N/A)

There, messieurs et dames, is what I would expound to you; voilà l’amour! ❋ Unknown (1933)

Without attempting to disguise their sentiments, they openly insulted the titled dames belonging to the new nobility, and such of the latter as were compelled to go to court on account of the situations held by their husbands, never entered the saloon without dread, and never quitted it without being bathed in tears. ❋ Pierre Alexandre ��douard Fleury De Chaboulon (1807)

Society journals have informed me that titled dames have been known to sit out long and wearisome evenings that they may obtain some paltry favour in a cotillon. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The Duchess came to me to beg I would procure an order for her daughter's people, that is, her dames d'honneur, her femmes de chambre, and her hair-dresser, to be sent to her. ❋ D'Orleans, Charlotte -Elisabeth, Duchesse (2001)

Hitherto she had associated the practice of chivalrous principles and the grand code of honor exclusively with lofty gentlemen like the Earl and her father, or with titled dames; now, however, she learned that here, in Obed ❋ James De Mille (N/A)

‘But there, messieurs et dames, that is what I promised to expound to you. ❋ Unknown (1933)

Men of rank and dignity thronged his antechamber, waiting patiently their turn for an audience; and titled dames demeaned themselves to take the front seats of the carriages of his wife and daughter, as if they had been riding with princesses of the blood royal. ❋ Washington Irving (1821)

And if Mr. Wright honestly wants to hold up 1940s "dames" as models of strong women, I suggest he acquaint himself with basic feminist theory. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Eddie is a lame cipher, and Joe, even as played by the naturally charismatic Cagney, is just a jerk with a terminally low opinion of "dames" and an overprotective streak for his brother that, if Hawks had cared to, could easily have been developed into a weird homoerotic tension. ❋ Ed Howard (2009)

He had never really wanted this life of bounced checks, booze and "dames" of which show business proudly boasted. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I mean, of course, "Shorty McPudge-oh" there, sounding like Ethel Merman's younger sister with the "dames" and the "swell hoofer" palaver. ❋ Brian Hughes (2008)

Most of the time, though, Frank scored with the 'dames'. ❋ Taraborrelli, J. R. (1997)

He liked 'dames' with more inner strength and self-reliance, like Ava Gardner and Dolly Sinatra, both of whom represented to him his ideal of the total woman. ❋ Taraborrelli, J. R. (1997)

The "dames" are boarding-houses, mostly kept by clergymen's widows, or widows of some sort; there are also about thirteen of these. ❋ I. E. M. (N/A)

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