damas — meaning in English

English meaning

• 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.
• lady noun A polite or formal word for a woman, especially one with refined manners.

Senses

damas is used for these senses in English:

• 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.
• lady (polite, or, used by children) A woman: an adult female human.

lady — full definition

1. noun A polite or formal word for a woman, especially one with refined manners.
2. noun A British title of nobility for a woman, used before her name (as the wife of a lord or knight, or in her own right).

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