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–noun Literary.

a young woman or girl; a maiden, originally one of gentle or noble birth.

[Origin: 1150–1200; ME damisel < AF (OF damoisele) < VL *dominicella, equiv. to L domin(a) lady (see dame) + -i- -i- + -cella fem. dim. suffix

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dam·sel Audio Help (dām'zəl) Pronunciation Key
n. A young woman or girl; a maiden.

[Middle English damisele, from Old French dameisele, damoiselle, from Vulgar Latin *dominicella, diminutive of domina, lady; see dame.]

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damsel

1199, from O.Fr. dameisele, modified by association with dame from earlier donsele, from Gallo-Romance *domnicella, dim. of L. domina "lady" (see dame). Archaic until revived by romantic poets, along with 16c.-17c. variant form damozel.

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damsel
noun
a young unmarried woman

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
damsel [ˈdӕmzəl] noun

a young girl
Example: a damsel in distress

Arabic:	فَتاه، عَذْراء، آنِسَه
Chinese (Simplified):	年轻女人，处女，闺女
Chinese (Traditional):	年輕女人，處女，閨女
Czech:	slečna
Danish:	mø
Dutch:	jonkvrouw
Estonian:	näitsik
Finnish:	neito
French:	damoiselle
German:	junges Mädchen
Greek:	νέο κορίτσι
Hungarian:	leányka
Icelandic:	stúlka, ungfrú
Indonesian:	gadis
Italian:	fanciulla

Japanese:	少女
Korean:	(결혼하지 않은) 젊은 여성, 소녀
Latvian:	jaunava
Lithuanian:	mergužėlė
Norwegian:	jomfru, pike
Polish:	panienka, dziewczę
Portuguese (Brazil):	donzela
Portuguese (Portugal):	donzela
Romanian:	domnişoară
Russian:	девица
Slovak:	slečna
Slovenian:	gospodična
Spanish:	damisela, doncella
Swedish:	fröken, ung dam
Turkish:	genç kız

See also: damselfly

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Damsel

Dam"o*sel\ (d[a^]m"[-o]*z[e^]l), Damosella \Dam`o*sel"la\ (-z[e^]l"l[.a]), Damoiselle \Da`moi`selle"\ (d[.a]`mw[aum]`z[e^]l"), n. See Damsel. [Archaic]

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