单词 | my dame |
释义 | > as lemmasmy dame a. The ‘lady’ of the house, the mistress of a household, a housewife. Now archaic or dialect ( my dame = my wife, my ‘missus’), or humorously applied to an aged housewife. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] damec1330 matrona1393 feme sole1600 feme covert1602 lucky1629 ma'am1765 marm1865 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > inhabitant of house > mistress of household housewifec1225 dam1297 damec1330 banatee1825 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace 15150 At Londone anoþer kyng gan wone..Saberk þan was his name, Dame Rytula highte his dame. c1386 G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale 356 I toke vnto our dame Ȝoure wif at home þe same gold aȝein. 1483 Cath. Angl. 89 Dame; vbi a huswyfe. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxiv. A The master as the seruant, the dame like the mayde. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Confirmacion f. xii*v Fathers, mothers, maisters and dames. 1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church 58 Every poor woman that hath either maid, or apprentise is called Dame: and yet Dame is as much as Domina and used to Ladies of greatest account, as Dame Isabel and Madam. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 57 Vpon This day, she was..Both Dame and Seruant: Welcom'd all: seru'd all. View more context for this quotation 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxv. 147 The Gentry love both him and my Dame; and the poor People adore them. 1833 Carlyle in Emerson Eng. Traits i. 9 My dame makes it a rule to give to every son of Adam bread to eat. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 43 My deeam, my mistress, my wife. An aud deeam: an old woman. < as lemmas |
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