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Dame
Dame, female character in the English pantomime, traditionally played by an actor, sometimes one recruited from the music-halls such as Dan Leno or George Robey. Among the familia: Dame parts are Aladdin's mother Widow Twankey (a name taken by H. J. Byron from a Chinese tea-exporting port), Idle Jack's mother in Jack and the Beanstalk, usually known as Dame Durden or Dame Trot, and Cinderella's ugly sisters. If the ugly sisters are played by women, their mother the Baroness is played by a man. Other Dame parts are the Cook in Dick Whittington, the Queen of Hearts, Mother Goose, and Mrs Robinson Crusoe.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Dame." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Dame." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Dame.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Dame." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Dame.html |
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dame / dām/ • n. 1. (Dame) (in the UK) the title given to a woman equivalent to the rank of knight. ∎ a woman holding this title. 2. inf. a woman. ∎ archaic or humorous an elderly or mature woman. |
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"dame." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dame." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-dame.html "dame." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-dame.html |
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dame †female head or superior; as a form of address or title; †mother, dam XIII; (arch.) lady of the house XIV. — (O)F. :- L. domina fem. corr. to dominus lord.
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T. F. HOAD. "dame." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "dame." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-dame.html T. F. HOAD. "dame." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-dame.html |
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"dame." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dame." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-dame.html "dame." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-dame.html |
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