Word: dameship
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: da
me
ship
Definition: Damehood; in many Christian chivalric orders, as well as the British honours system and those of several other Commonwealth countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, with the masculine form of address being sir
Morphemes:
Affix: dame
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: domina
Language: la
Decoded: domina
Meaning: mistress of the house
Affix: -ship
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union.