Dame
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dame:
a woman; a married woman; a matron;
Dame, with a capital ‘D’:
– a woman who has been given a rank of honour by the king or queen of England, equivalent of a Knight – Dame of the order of the British Empire;
- Dame Deirdre Hutton CBE, appointed Chairperson of the National Consumer Council in 2001, besides several other high positions
the wife or widow of a knight
[title ‘sir’ is for a knight (man) and the title ‘Dame’ is for a woman]
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