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Noun Concept
Categories: Terms for females, Noble titles of women, British honours system, Women's social titles, Titles
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dame  madam  ma'am  lady  gentlewoman
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honour
title
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A gentlewoman in the original and strict sense is a woman of good family, analogous to the Latin generosus and generosa. Wikipedia
Madam, or madame, is a polite and formal form of address for women in the English language, often contracted to ma'am. Wikipedia
Dame is an honorific title and the feminine form of address for the honour of damehood in many Christian chivalric orders, as well as the British honours system and those of several other Commonwealth realms, such as Australia and New Zealand, with the masculine form of address being Sir. Wikipedia
Courtesy name and social rank. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Respectful title for a woman. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Civility title or form of address for women, derived from the French Wikipedia Disambiguation
Female noble title equivalent to "sir" for knights. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Rank of an order of knighthood accorded to a woman Wikidata
woman of a noble family or with high social position Wikidata
A polite form of address for a woman. OmegaWiki
Historically polite address for a female person OmegaWiki
Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight. Wiktionary
Title equivalent to Sir for a female knight. Wiktionary (translation)
A polite reference or form of address to women. Wiktionary
A polite form of address for a woman or lady. Wiktionary
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A chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Later, Mrs Grey was sitting in her favourite tea shop. “Would madam like the usual cream cakes and patisserie with her tea?” the waitress asked. Wiktionary
Ladies and gentlemen, it is a pleasure to be here today. Follow me, ladies! Wiktionary
Mrs Grey wondered if the outfit she was trying on made her look fat. The sales assistant just said, “It suits you, madam”. Wiktionary
Dame Edith Sitwell. Wiktionary
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