Dame (title)

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Dame is the female equivalent of address to Sir for a British knighthood. In the UK honours system, this can be the title of a woman who has been awarded the Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George, Royal Victorian Order, or Order of the British Empire.

[edit] Quotations

• "It [becoming a dame] means you've got to behave very well. That's very, very boring." Dame Judi Dench ^[1]
• "My street cred is gone." Dame Helen Mirren on becoming a dame ^[2]

[edit] Further

• The youngest person to receive a damehood is Dame Ellen MacArthur at 28.

[edit] See also

• Dame for other meanings
• Knight