dame

dame is a Noun

Definition:

[1] A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a womam in authority; especially, a lady. Then shall these lords do vex me half so much, As that proud dame, the lord protector`s wife. Shak.

[2] The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame`s school. In the dame`s classes at the village school. Emerson.

[3] A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.

[4] A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds. [Obs.] Chaucer.