a woman of refinement. (1) Dame Ellen Terry was a famous actress. (2) Barry Humphries’s alter ego Dame Edna has taken the US by storm. (3) Vivienne Westwood is the grande dame of British fashion.

Dame is an honorific title and the feminine form of address for the honour of damehood in many Christian chivalric orders, as well as the British honours system and those of several other Commonwealth countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, with the masculine form of address being sir.

1 : a woman of rank, station, or authority: such as. a archaic : the mistress of a household. b : the wife or daughter of a lord. c : a female member of an order of knighthood —used as a title prefixed to the given name.

Dame is sometimes perceived as insulting when used to refer generally to a woman, unless it is a woman of rank or advanced age.

“Lady” has a formal and respectful quality, being used to describe a woman in old age such as “an old lady” or when speaking about a woman to a child (e.g. “Give the money to the lady.”) It is used in the description of the female equivalent of a postman as a post lady, or postlady.

Womanhood is the period in a human female’s life after she has passed through childhood, puberty, and adolescence. Different countries have different laws, but age 18 is frequently considered the age of majority (the age at which a person is legally considered an adult).

The phrase “Old Lady”, to refer to girlfriend, wife, or mother, very much appears to have entered the hippie language through Spanish. This is in line with the hippie culture’s ideal of gender equality, which because Rome is not built in a day, was quite obviously imperfectly realized, taken as a whole. …

Dame

Dame, properly a name of respect or a title equivalent to lady, surviving in English as the legal designation for the wife or widow of a baronet or knight or for a dame of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire; it is prefixed to the given name and surname.

Knight or Dame This is awarded for having a major contribution in any activity, usually at national level. Other people working in the nominee’s area will see their contribution as inspirational and significant, requiring commitment over a long period of time.

It is actually against the law to call yourself a Sir without having gained a Knighthood. A Knight title can only be granted by the Crown, and it is always for services to the British Empire.

The husband of a dame is not accorded a courtesy title. A dame and her husband would jointly be addressed as: Dame Joan and Mr John Grant, or. Mr John and Dame Joan Grant.

You don’t get any money or a medal. There are six orders of knighthood and the monarch decides which you are knighted into. Some have different titles like knight/dame grand cross or knight/dame commander.

DO YOU GET ANYTHING FOR BECOMING A KNIGHT? Simply said, no. Other than the title that you get to carry throughout your life, there are no other tangible benefits for being knighted. Of course, receiving such an award from the Queen is a true legacy for the receiver and his family.

Knighthood is not inherited; it must be earned. But knighthood grants nobility and at the instant of his dubbing the new knight goes from being a commoner to being noble. And, because of the conventions of Hârnic feudal society, the knight’s nobility is inherited by the first generation of his or her offspring.

So it came as a surprise to Shane Richie when he discovered Mo Farah has a butler during Wednesday’s edition of the ITV programme – with the campmates taking their chance to pull a prank on the star. When you become a Sir you get one of the Queen’s butlers.