Definition of dames:
(n) :
(British) Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
(n) :
(US, dated, informal, slightly derogatory) A woman.
(n) :
(British, theater) In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
(n) :
(British) A matron at a school, especially Eton College.
(n) :
The hereditary feudal ruler (seigneur) of Sark, when the title is held by a woman in her own right.
(n) :
(chess, slang) A queen.