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What is a female knight called?

Asked by troubleinharlem (7999points) January 21st, 2010 from iPhone

A guy would be Sir Job Sandy. What would a knighted person like, say, Mother Teresa or Jane Doe be called?

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EmpressPixie's avatar

Dame. Like Dame Judi Dench.

evil2's avatar

lady….

EmpressPixie's avatar

Lady matches Lord, not knighthood.

troubleinharlem's avatar

@EmpressPixie : ohhh. How come dame isn’t used as much? I always hear Sir Richard Branson, but I don’t hear Dame Judy Dench.

Svidrigailov's avatar

The wife of a knight is a Lady; a female knight is a dame. Examples: Dame Judi Dench was knighted and Heather Mills was Lady McCartney.

EmpressPixie's avatar

@troubleinharlem: She gets called that a lot in movie billing these days. I love hearing it too because I think she’s a great actress and, honestly, I just enjoy the way it rolls off the tongue.

troubleinharlem's avatar

@EmpressPixie ; if you get divorced… does the name stay?

janbb's avatar

That Judi Dench is quite a Dame.

Blondesjon's avatar

A Knunt.

i am so, so very sorry. i can’t help it sometimes.

sliceswiththings's avatar

Gladys, of course!

janbb's avatar

@sliceswiththings Oh – you’re a pip!

hearkat's avatar

(@sliceswiththings and @janbb: That right there is one of the main reasons why I Lurve Fluther! Thanks for the LOL4rl!)

sliceswiththings's avatar

Anytime, @hearkat :) I wonder how many jellies have no idea what we’re talking about.

nisse's avatar

Knightley? .. like Kiera?

downtide's avatar

Dame is right.

majorrich's avatar

A peasants worst nightmare if they are impudent and the Dame is PMS-ing. referring to the smiting with swords and other pointy stuff

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