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Grammar : Noun
Spell : gran dam, deym; French grahnd dam
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgræn ˈdæm, ˈdeɪm; French grɑ̃d ˈdam



Definition of grande dame

  • As in matriarch : noun ruler
  • As in matron : noun woman
Example sentences :
  • That again got overlaid by the sans-façon of a grande dame of the Second Empire.
  • Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
  • She is quite indifferent to coquetry, this grande dame of the ancien regime!
  • Extract from : « Man and Maid » by Elinor Glyn
  • Monsieur and the grande dame were at Baden when the former died.
  • Extract from : « The Parisians, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • You play the grande dame so well, that you are sure to reap the penalty of it.
  • Extract from : « A Romantic Young Lady » by Robert Grant
  • The Grande Dame of Geneseo did not agree with any of these makeshifts.
  • Extract from : « Peter » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • There is something of the grande dame in Rome, a flavour of old-world courtesy.
  • Extract from : « Alone » by Norman Douglas
  • And this must all tell with a banker's daughter, dying, of course, to be a grande dame.
  • Extract from : « Endymion » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • But can a grande dame, as she is, ever have too much dignity of the soul?
  • Extract from : « December Love » by Robert Hichens
  • She smokes to excess and plays, perhaps, too much the grande dame.
  • Extract from : « Superwomen » by Albert Payson Terhune
  • "She will be quite the grande dame, by and by," said one lady, watching her that night.
  • Extract from : « Name and Fame » by Adeline Sergeant

Synonyms for grande dame

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