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dame
1. a nun who has taken the vows of her order, esp a Benedictine
2. Brit the role of a comic old woman in a pantomime, usually played by a man


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Let her appear, and speak for herself--the wild and weird grandmother of gentle little Mary; the Sibyl of modern times, known, far and wide, in our part of Suffolk, as Dame Dermody.
The Two Destinies by Collins, Wilkie View in context
He thanked her many times, and said that the old dame who usually did such offices for him had gone to nurse the little scholar whom he had told her of.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
A WEARY Traveller who had lain down and fallen asleep on the brink of a deep well was discovered by Dame Fortune.
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