Dame
Dame (dām) , noun
[French dame, Late Latin domna, from Latin domina mistress, lady, fem. of dominus master, ruler, lord; akin to domare to tame, subdue. See Tame, and compare Dam a mother, Dan, Danger, Dungeon, Dominie, Don, n., Duenna.]
1.
A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady.
Then shall these lords do vex me half so much,
As that proud dame, the lord protector's wife.
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.
3.
A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.
4.
A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds. [Obsolete] — Chaucer