Synonyms for grande dame
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gran dam, deym; French grahnd dam |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgræn ˈdæm, ˈdeɪm; French grɑ̃d ˈdam |
Top 10 synonyms for grande dame Other synonyms for the word grande dame
Définition of grande dame
- As in matriarch : noun ruler
- As in matron : noun woman
- 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
Antonyms for grande dame
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