dáma — meaning in English
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English meaning
- damsel noun An old-fashioned or literary word for a young, unmarried woman, especially one in a story who needs rescuing.
- draughts noun The British English name for checkers: a board game for two players who try to capture all of the opponent's pieces by jumping over them.
- king noun A male monarch who rules a country, typically inheriting the position by birth.
- lady noun A polite or formal word for a woman, especially one with refined manners.
- queen noun A female monarch who rules a country, or the wife of a king.
Senses
dáma is used for these senses in English:
- damsel A young woman (of noble birth).
- draughts (board games, UK, Irish, Commonwealth, uncountable) A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.
- king A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.
- lady A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound.
- queen (chess) A chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.