Damsel

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Damsel \Dam"sel\ (d[a^]m"z[e^]l), 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.]
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     2. A young unmarried woman; a girl; a maiden.
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              With her train of damsels she was gone,
              In shady walks the scorching heat to shun. --Dryden.
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              Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, . . .
              Goes by to towered Camelot.           --Tennyson.
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     3. (Milling) An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking
        the hopper.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  damsel
       n : a young unmarried woman [syn: {demoiselle}, {damoiselle}, {damosel},
            {damozel}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "damsel":
     babe, baby, broad, chick, colleen, cutie, dame, damoiselle,
     demoiselle, doll, filly, frail, gal, girl, girlie, heifer, hoyden,
     jeune fille, jill, junior miss, lass, lassie, little missy,
     mademoiselle, maid, maiden, miss, missy, nymphet, piece, quail,
     romp, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, skirt, slip, subdeb,
     subdebutante, subteen, subteener, teenybopper, tomato, tomboy,
     virgin, wench, young creature, young thing