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DAMSEL
damsel, demoiselle, damoiselle, damosel, damozel
(noun) a young unmarried woman
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
damsel (plural damsels)
A young woman (of noble birth).
A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience).
A young woman who is not married.
An unmarried lady-in-waiting.
A chattering damsel (component of a mill).
Anagrams
• damels, delams, lameds, medals
Source: Wiktionary
Dam"sel, n. Etym: [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.]
2. A young unmarried woman; a gerl; a maiden. With her train of damsels she was gone, In shady walks the scorching heat to shum. Dryden. Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, . . . Goes by to towered Cameleot. Tennyson.
3. (Milling)
Definition: An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hoppe
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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