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Webster 1913 Edition
Damsel
Dam′sel
(dăm′zĕl)
, Noun.
[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
In shady walks the scorching heat to shun.
damsels
she was gone,In shady walks the scorching heat to shun.
Dryden.
Sometimes a troop of
Goes by to towered Camelot.
damsels
glad, . . . Goes by to towered Camelot.
Tennyson.
3.
(Milling)
An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper.
Webster 1828 Edition
Damsel
DAM'SEL
,Noun.
With her train of damsels she was gone. Dryden.
Then Boaz said, whose damsel is this? Ruth ii.
This word is rarely used in conversation, or even in prose writings of the present day; but it occurs frequently in the scriptures, and in poetry.
Definition 2024
damsel
damsel
English
Alternative forms
- (archaic) damoiselle, damozel
Noun
damsel (plural damsels)
- A young woman (of noble birth).
- A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience).
- A young woman who is not married.
Derived terms
Translations
young woman of noble birth
girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
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