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dem·oi·selle

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–noun, plural -selles

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1.	an unmarried girl or young woman.

2.	demoiselle crane.

3.	a damselfly, esp. of the genus Agrion.

4.	damselfish.

5.	Furniture. a lady's wig stand of the 18th century, in the form of a pedestal table.

[Origin: 1760–70; < F; see damsel

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dam·sel·fish Audio Help (dām'zəl-fĭsh') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. damselfish or dam·sel·fish·es
Any of various small tropical marine fishes of the family Pomacentridae, having laterally compressed, usually brightly colored bodies. Also called demoiselle.

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dam·sel·fly Audio Help (dām'zəl-flī') Pronunciation Key
n. Any of various often brightly colored, predatory insects having a long slender body and elongated wings that fold together when the insect is at rest. Also called demoiselle, devil's darning needle.

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dem·oi·selle Audio Help (děm'wə-zěl') Pronunciation Key
n.

A young woman.
A demoiselle crane.
See damselfly.
See damselfish.

[French, damsel, from Old French dameisele; see damsel.]

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demoiselle
noun
1.	a young unmarried woman [syn: damsel]
2.	small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs [syn: damselfish]

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Demoiselle

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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