dame : Idioms & Phrases

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dame agatha mary clarissa christie

  • noun prolific English writer of detective stories (1890-1976)
    Agatha Christie; Christie.
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dame alice ellen terry

  • noun English actress (1847-1928)
    Dame Alice Ellen Terry; Terry.
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dame alicia markova

  • noun English ballet dancer (born in 1910)
    Lilian Alicia Marks; Markova.
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dame barbara hepworth

  • noun British sculptor (1902-1975)
    Hepworth; Barbara Hepworth.
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dame daphne du maurier

  • noun English writer of melodramatic novels (1907-1989)
    Daphne du Maurier; du Maurier.
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dame edith louisa sitwell

  • noun English poet (1887-1964)
    Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell; Sitwell.
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dame edith sitwell

  • noun English poet (1887-1964)
    Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell; Sitwell.
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dame ellen terry

  • noun English actress (1847-1928)
    Dame Alice Ellen Terry; Terry.
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dame jean iris murdoch

  • noun British writer (born in Ireland) known primarily for her novels (1919-1999)
    Murdoch; Iris Murdoch.
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dame joan sutherland

  • noun Australian operatic soprano (born in 1926)
    Sutherland; Joan Sutherland.
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dame kiri janette te kanawa

  • noun New Zealand operatic soprano (born in 1944)
    Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa; Te Kanawa.
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dame kiri te kanawa

  • noun New Zealand operatic soprano (born in 1944)
    Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa; Te Kanawa.
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dame margot fonteyn

  • noun English dancer who danced with Rudolf Nureyev (born in 1919)
    Fonteyn.
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dame muriel spark

  • noun Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)
    Spark; Muriel Spark; Muriel Sarah Spark.
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dame myra hess

  • noun English pianist (1890-1965)
    Hess.
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dame nellie melba

  • noun Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931)
    Melba; Helen Porter Mitchell.
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dame rebecca west

  • noun British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983)
    West; Cicily Isabel Fairfield; Rebecca West.
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dame sybil thorndike

  • noun English actress (1882-1976)
    Thorndike.
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dame's violet

  • noun long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America
    damask violet; Hesperis matronalis; sweet rocket.
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grande dame

  • noun a middle-aged or elderly woman who is stylish and highly respected
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hake's-dame

Hake's"-dame` noun
Definitions
  1. See Forkbeard.
Webster 1913