Dame

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Dame

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early 13c., from Old French dame “lady, mistress, wife,” from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina “lady, mistress of the house,” from Latin domus “house” (from PIE root *dem- “house, household”). Legal title for the wife of a knight or baronet. Slang sense of “woman” first attested 1902 in American English.

Concept of “Dame”

Traditional meaning of dame in the French law history (with some legal use in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in French) A wife of a knight or baronet; lady.

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Notes and References

1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Dame”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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