dame vs mare

dame

noun
  • A queen. 

  • Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight. 

  • In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag. 

  • A matron at a school, especially Eton College. 

verb
  • To make a dame. 

mare

noun
  • A foolish woman. 

  • On Saturn's moon Titan, any of several lakes which are large expanses of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons. 

  • A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience. 

  • An adult female horse. 

  • A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea. 

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