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# dame

«dame» in Mova's school dictionary: **A polite word for an older woman** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (dames)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old use) A polite word for an older woman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dame/#m1)

2) A title of honour given to a woman; in fairy tales «Dame» is put before a wise old woman's name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dame/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a respectful name for an older woman, such as «Dame Fortune» or «Dame Habetrot»

### examples

- Dame Fortune smiled on the girl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dame/#x1)
- Old Dame Habetrot came to help her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dame/#x2)
- The dame gave the children bread and milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dame/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dame» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dame/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.