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单词 damoiseau
释义

damoiseaun.

/ˈdamɪzəʊ/
Etymology: < Old French damoiseau, earlier damei-, dami-, damoisel < Latin dominicellus ; the masculine corresponding to damoisel , damsel n.
Obsolete or archaic.
A young man of gentle birth, not yet made a knight. (Occurring in 15th cent. translations from French, and in modern archaists.)
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1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 5 The damoiseau Iason.
c1500 Melusine (1895) 125 Two yong & fayre damoyseaulx brethren..‘Frende’, said the damoyselle, ‘be they so fayre damoyseaux as ye say?’
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 194 So thou, O damoiseau, must wait; Tie up thine horse anigh the gate.
1872 E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 190 The aspirant for knighthood was supposed to pass his life between 7 and 14 as a page..figuring during the next 7 years as a Damoiseau or Esquire.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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