He summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court. –"The Masque of the Red Death," Edgar Allan Poe Using context clues, how would you determine the meaning of the word "dames"?
1 ) Look at the surrounding words.
4) Find the word in the dictionary.
3) Ask a friend what the word means.
4) Skip the word entirely.