a dignified usually elderly woman of some rank or authoritythe city's grandes dames still hold considerable sway in its cultural life
the city's grandes dames still hold considerable sway in its cultural life
dame, dowager, matriarch, matron
grandam(or grandame)headmistress, mistressmaterfamiliasma, mama(also mamma or momma), mammy, mom, mother
in 1775
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