1 (Dame) (in Britain) a title given to a woman as a special honour because of the work she has done:
Dame Maggie Smith * She was made a Dame in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
2 (old-fashioned, AmE, informal) a woman
3 = PANTOMIMEDAME
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