damsel

[ dam-zuhl ]
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nounLiterary.
  1. a young woman or girl; a maiden, originally one of gentle or noble birth.

Origin of damsel

1
1150–1200; Middle English damisel<Anglo-French (Old French damoisele) <Vulgar Latin *dominicella, equivalent to Latin domin(a) lady (see dame) + -i--i- + -cella feminine diminutive suffix

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damsel

/ (ˈdæmzəl) /


noun
  1. archaic, or poetic a young unmarried woman; maiden

Origin of damsel

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C13: from Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin domnicella (unattested) young lady, from Latin domina mistress; see dame

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