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Definition of Damoiselle
1. Noun. A young unmarried woman.
Definition of Damoiselle
1. Noun. (obsolete spelling of damsel) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Damoiselle
Literary usage of Damoiselle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Lands, Letters and Kings by Donald Grant Mitchell (1889)
"Life of a damoiselle. But what shall be said of a young person of the other sex
of like age and tastes — to whose ambitions war and knight-errantry and the ..."
2. The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated by John Colin Dunlop (1842)
"In somewhat better taste was his appeal to the charity of a numerous auditory: "
Messieurs, on recommande a vos charites une jeune damoiselle qui n' a pas ..."
3. Bibliotheca Grenvilliana by Thomas Grenville, John Thomas Payne, Henry Foss, William Brenchley Rye (1842)
"... damoiselle Violante de Bats du Chasteau, et autres. Paris, chez Gilles Robinot,
1613. 8vo. SELBYANA. An attempt to elucidate the Origin and history of a ..."
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