dame

dame

Titre britannique accordé à une femme comme distinction équivalente au titre de chevalier.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : become a dame, made a dame

personnage féminin de pantomime

Personnage féminin comique et extravagant d’un spectacle familial traditionnel britannique, généralement joué par un homme.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : pantomime dame, play a dame, comic dame

surveillante d’internat

Femme qui s’occupe des élèves dans un internat, notamment à Eton.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : matron

Expressions courantes : school dame, house dame

dame de Sercq

Femme qui détient le titre héréditaire de dirigeante de l’île de Sercq.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : dame of Sark, hereditary dame

conférer le titre de dame

Accorder à une femme le titre britannique de Dame pour l’honorer.

En anglais simple : 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?

Expressions courantes : dame someone, dame an actress