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noun
- 1. a young unmarried woman. archaic, literary
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Jul 1, 2012 · a young woman who is not married. Idiom. a damsel in distress. Examples from literature. One of these damsels spake Swahili, so we managed to exchange compliments. Sir Arthur King, said the damsel, that sword is mine, and if ye will give me a gift when I ask it you, ye shall have it.
noun. dam· sel ˈdam-zəl. variants or less commonly damosel or damozel. ˈda-mə-ˌzel. Synonyms of damsel. : a young woman: archaic : a young unmarried woman of noble birth. b. : girl. Synonyms. demoiselle. girl. maiden. miss. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of damsel in a Sentence.
The word damsel is a shortened version of the French word, mademoiselle, which is what the French call a young woman who is not married — like the word miss in English. Damsel was originally a word reserved for noblewomen — the rich and fabulous.
Damsel definition: a young woman or girl; a maiden, originally one of gentle or noble birth.. See examples of DAMSEL used in a sentence.
noun. archaic or poetic. a young unmarried woman; maiden. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C13: from Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin domnicella (unattested) young lady, from Latin domina mistress; see dame. Word Frequency. damsel in American English. (ˈdæmzəl ) noun. Literary. a girl; maiden.
Origin of Damsel. Middle English, dameisele, from Old French damoisele, from Late Latin *domnicella, from Classical Latin domina (“mistress”), from domus (“house”) (from which English domestic etc.), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root *demh₂- (“to build”). From Wiktionary.
Define damsel. damsel synonyms, damsel pronunciation, damsel translation, English dictionary definition of damsel. n. 1. A young woman or girl; a maiden. 2. A damselfish. 3. A damselfly. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
