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mesdemoiselles

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mes⋅de⋅moi⋅selles

  [mey-duh-muh-zel, meyd-mwuh-zel; Fr. meyd-mwa-zel]
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–noun
a pl. of mademoiselle.

mad⋅e⋅moi⋅selle

  [mad-uh-muh-zel, mad-mwuh-, mam-zel; Fr. mad-mwa-zel]
–noun, plural mad⋅e⋅moi⋅selles  [mad-uh-muh-zelz, mad-mwuh-, mam-zelz] , mes⋅de⋅moi⋅selles  [mey-duh-muh-zel, meyd-mwuh-zel; Fr. meyd-mwa-zel] .
1. (often initial capital letter) a French title of respect equivalent to “Miss”, used in speaking to or of a girl or unmarried woman: Mademoiselle Lafitte. Abbreviation: Mlle.
2. a French governess.
3. silver perch (def. 1).
Origin:
1635–45; < F; OF ma damoisele my noble young lady; see madame, damsel

silver perch

 
–noun
1. Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyology. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.
2. any of various silvery, perchlike fishes, as the white perch.
Origin:
1810–20, Americanism
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Mad·e·moi·selle   (mād'ə-mə-zěl', mād-mwä-zěl')   
n.   pl. Mad·e·moi·selles (-zělz) or Mes·de·moi·selles (mād'mwä-zěl') Abbr. Mlle.

  1. Used as a courtesy title before the surname or full name of a girl or an unmarried woman in a French-speaking area: Mademoiselle Turot; Mademoiselle Isabelle Turot.

  2. mademoiselle Used as a form of polite address for a girl or young woman in a French-speaking area.

  3. mademoiselle pl. mademoiselles A French governess.

  4. mademoiselle pl. mademoiselle or mad·e·moi·selles See silver perch.


[French, from Old French ma demoiselle : ma, my; see Madame + demoiselle, young lady (from damisele, from Vulgar Latin *dominicella, diminutive of Latin domina, lady; see Madame).]
Mes·de·moi·selles   (mād'mwä-zěl')   
n.   Abbr. Mlles.
Plural of Mademoiselle.
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Word Origin & History

mademoiselle 
1450, "unmarried Frenchwoman," from Fr. ma dameisele (see damsel), lit. "young mistress."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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