Dame /(dām)/

Dame

n.
  1. A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady.
    Then shall these lords do vex me half so much, As that proud dame, the lord protector's wife.
  2. The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school.
    In the dame's classes at the village school.
  3. A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.
  4. A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds. [Obs.]