dame

Dame

Ein britischer Ehrentitel für Frauen, der dem Rittertitel entspricht.

In einfachem Englisch: A title given to a woman who receives a British honour equal to a knighthood.

• She was made a dame last year.
• The actress became a dame for her services to drama.
• Two dames attended the ceremony.

Häufige Wendungen: become a dame, made a dame

Pantomime-Damenrolle

Eine komische, übertriebene Frauenfigur in einem traditionellen britischen Familienstück, meist von einem Mann gespielt.

In einfachem Englisch: A funny, dramatic female character in a traditional family play, usually played by a man.

• The dame wore a huge pink dress.
• He played the dame in our Christmas pantomime.
• The audience laughed when the dame lost her wig.

Häufige Wendungen: pantomime dame, play a dame, comic dame

Internatsbetreuerin

Eine Frau, die sich um Schüler in einem Internat kümmert, besonders in Eton.

In einfachem Englisch: A woman who looks after pupils in a boarding school, especially at Eton.

• The dame looked after the sick boy.
• Each house had a dame to care for its pupils.
• The boys asked their dame for clean towels.

Synonyme: matron

Häufige Wendungen: school dame, house dame

Herrin von Sark

Eine Frau, die den erblichen Herrschertitel der Insel Sark trägt.

In einfachem Englisch: A woman who holds the inherited title of ruler of the island of Sark.

• The dame of Sark lived on the island.
• She became dame after inheriting the title.
• The island's history records the rule of its dames.

Häufige Wendungen: dame of Sark, hereditary dame

zur Dame ernennen

Einer Frau zur Ehrung den britischen Titel Dame verleihen.

In einfachem Englisch: To give a woman the British title Dame as an honour.

• They decided to dame the actress.
• The singer was damed for her services to music.
• Would the monarch dame her after so many years of public service?

Häufige Wendungen: dame someone, dame an actress