dam

Indonesian

[ˈdam]

noun
Definitions
  • (game) draught American, checkers British.
  • checker, a pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish dam (dam, king, fallow deer) derived from Old French dame (term of address for a woman, the queen in card games and chess, lady, woman) derived from Latin domina (mistress, lady, mistress of the house, mistress of an estate household).

Origin

Latin

domina

Gloss

mistress, lady, mistress of the house, mistress of an estate household

Concept
Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

婦

Emoji

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