damsel
nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈdæm.zəl//
- United States//ˈdæm.zəl//
- United States/[ˈdɛəm.zɫ̩]/
- Australia//ˈdæm.zəl//
- Australia/[ˈdɛːm.zɫ̩]/
A young woman (of noble birth).
noun
- 1
A young woman (of noble birth).
- 2
A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience).
- 3
A young woman who is not married.
- 4
An unmarried lady-in-waiting.
- 5
A young, attractive woman.
- 6
A chattering damsel (component of a mill).
The spout that conveys the grain from the hopper to the eye or centre of the upper millstone rests against the spindle, just at the damsel, and thus receives an alternate back and forward motion, […]
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dem- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dṓmder. Proto-Italic *domanos Latin dominus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin dominicus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Vulgar Latin *dominicella Vulgar Latin *domnicella Old French domnizelle Old French damoiselebor. Middle English dameisele English damsel From Middle English dameisele, from Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, a diminutive from Classical Latin domina (“mistress, lady”), from dominus, from *demh₂-. Doublet of demoiselle, doncella, and donzella.
Forms
- plural
- damsels
damsel · A young woman (of noble birth).
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