About The Word Damsel
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Damsel
Damsel Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Damsel?
[n] a young unmarried woman
Synonyms | Synonyms for Damsel: damoiselle | damosel | damozel | demoiselle Related Terms | Find terms related to Damsel: babe | baby | broad | chick | colleen | cutie | dame | damoiselle | demoiselle | doll | filly | frail | gal | girl | girlie | heifer | hoyden | jeune fille | jill | junior miss | lass | lassie | little missy | mademoiselle | maid | maiden | miss | missy | nymphet | piece | quail | romp | schoolgirl | schoolmaid | schoolmiss | skirt | slip | subdeb | subdebutante | subteen | subteener | teenybopper | tomato | tomboy | virgin | wench | young creature | young thing Damsel In Webster's Dictionary \Dam"sel\, n. [OE. damosel, damesel, damisel, damsel, fr.
OF. damoisele, damisele, gentlewoman, F. demoiselle young
lady; cf. OF. damoisel young nobleman, F. damoiseau; fr. LL.
domicella, dominicella, fem., domicellus, dominicellus,
masc., dim. fr. L. domina, dominus. See {Dame}, and cf.
{Demoiselle}, {Doncella}.]
1. A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle
extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of
Wales. [Obs.]
2. A young unmarried woman; a girl; a maiden.
With her train of damsels she was gone, In shady
walks the scorching heat to shun. --Dryden.
Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, . . . Goes by to
towered Camelot. --Tennyson.
3. (Milling) An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking
the hopper.
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