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donzel arch.|ˈdɒnzəl|
Also 6–7 donsel.
[ad. It. donzello ‘a damosell, a batchelor; also a page, a squire, a waiter, a serving man’ (Florio) = Pr. donzel, Sp. doncel, OF. donzel, doncel, dancel young man:—late L. dom(i)nicell-us, dim. of dominus lord, master: cf. damoiseau.]
A young gentleman not yet knighted, a squire, a page.
1592Nashe P. Penilesse (ed. 2) 7 b, The high and mightie Prince of Darknesse, Donsell del Lucifer. 1610B. Jonson Alch. iv. iv, Donzel, methinks you look melancholic. 1664Butler Hud. ii. iii. 572 Much may be done, my noble Donzel. a1680― Charact., Squire of Dames, He is Esquire to a Knight-Errant, donzel to the damsels. 1843Lytton Last Bar. i. ii, Cling to me, gentle donzel, and fear not. |