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.
DAMEWORT
Dame"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A cruciferrous plant (Hesperis matronalis), remarkable for its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; — called also rocket and dame's violet. Loudon.
DAMIANA
Da`mi*a"na, n. Etym: [NL.; of uncertain origin.] (Med.)
Defn: A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac.
Note: There are several varieties derived from different plants, esp. from a species of Turnera and from Bigelovia veneta. Wood & Bache.
DAMIANIST
Da"mi*an*ist, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: A follower of Damian, patriarch of Alexandria in the 6th century, who held heretical opinions on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.