dame

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
2. 2
   A matron at a school, especially Eton College.
3. 3
   In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
4. 4
   A woman.
5. 5
   A lady, a woman.
6. 6
   The hereditary feudal ruler (seigneur) of Sark, when the title is held by a woman in her own right.
7. 7
   A queen.
8. 8
   The titular prefix given to a female knight

Verb

1. 1
   To make a dame.