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as in dowager
a dignified usually elderly woman of some rank or authority
as the grand dames of local society, they determined which charities received support
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as in lady
a woman of high birth or social position
the lords and dames of the shire eagerly awaited the royal visit
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Recent Examples of dame
Song’s script clearly wants to frame Lucy as a scrappy everywoman, the kind of dame who is pragmatic in all areas of her life.
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Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 25 June 2025
Located a stone’s throw from the century-old grand dame, Villa La Guettière comprises a main house and a guest house that collectively offer nine en suite bedrooms.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 June 2025
The Plaza Hotel — New York City Since 1907, The Plaza has reigned as New York’s grand dame of hospitality, hosting everyone from The Beatles to F. Scott Fitzgerald (who set scenes from The Great Gatsby here).
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 June 2025
Best Hotels & Resorts Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa
The Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa is the grand dame of Interlaken.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025
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Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 25 June 2025
Located a stone’s throw from the century-old grand dame, Villa La Guettière comprises a main house and a guest house that collectively offer nine en suite bedrooms.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 June 2025
The Plaza Hotel — New York City Since 1907, The Plaza has reigned as New York’s grand dame of hospitality, hosting everyone from The Beatles to F. Scott Fitzgerald (who set scenes from The Great Gatsby here).
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 June 2025
Best Hotels & Resorts Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa
The Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa is the grand dame of Interlaken.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dame
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The show’s underpinned by the differences in character and country of Lady Cora and her formidable mother-in-law, the dowager Countess Violet Crawley, played by the equally formidable and much missed Dame Maggie Smith.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
22 July 2025
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The empress dowager’s legacy Empress Dowager Ling was largely unsuccessful in her bid for power.—
Stephanie Balkwill,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In 1977, Rosalynn Carter started the tradition of the first lady keeping her offices in the wing, alongside the social secretary.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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While that appearance from Nicole was a little vacation for us, the vacation for the ladies is on their dueling yachts.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
31 July 2025
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The two women couldn’t be more different, but when a wealthy matron is found dead of an apparent suicide on the rocky shore of Vermont’s Lake Champlain, their fraught relationship gradually turns into a productive collaboration, despite Olivia’s missteps.—
Liza Tully,
People.com,
6 July 2025
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Historians have long debated which pioneer in the field of women’s policing holds the title of the U.S.’s first policewoman, as opposed to police matron.—
Peter Zablocki,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Mar. 2025
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.—
Cole Kazdin,
Los Angeles Magazine,
14 July 2017
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Louise Brooks wooed a father and son as well as a countess in a tuxedo.—
Betsy Golden Kellem,
JSTOR Daily,
25 June 2025
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The 60-year-old countess has broken her silence after she was seen sporting a massive diamond on her left ring finger while riding a scooter Monday in Sag Harbor, hours after she was snapped getting cozy with an unidentified man, Us Weekly reports.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2025
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“Dame.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dame. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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