damenoun [ C ]
uk/deɪm/us/deɪm/dame noun [ C ] (WOMAN)
US old-fashioned slang a woman
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Kinds of women
- a damsel in distress idiom
- adult
- amazon
- auntie
- bachelorette
- cougar
- councilwoman
- damsel
- dolly bird
- domestic goddess
- housewife
- ingénue
- Jezebel
- ladette
- Lady Muck
- slattern
- temptress
- tigress
- wallflower
- wench
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dame noun [ C ] (CHARACTER)
UK the funny character of an older woman, usually played by a man, in a pantomime (= a musical play for children)
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Cinema & theatre: casting, roles & scripts
- bill
- billing
- bit part
- cameo
- cast
- casting couch
- cue
- dramatis personae
- dramatize
- fictionalize
- pantomime horse
- principal boy
- role
- script
- scripted
- scriptwriter
- supporting
- theatre
- title role
- write sb out of sth
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