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[ dam -zuh l ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈdæm zəl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun Literary . a young woman or girl; a maiden, originally one of gentle or noble birth.
Origin of damsel 1150–1200; Middle English
damisel <Anglo-French (Old French
damoisele ) <Vulgar Latin
*dominicella, equivalent to Latin
domin (
a ) lady (see dame) +
-i- -i- +
-cella feminine diminutive suffix
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Example sentences from the Web for damsel Not only, in the rarest of cases, where there a female lead in a blockbuster action movie, but the damsel in distress was a dude.
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For example: the damsel is tied to the train tracks, the Pacific Union hurtling her way.
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Nicole Kidman stretched as a Southern damsel in The Paperboy, but the movie was widely panned.
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In the eyes of these designers, this woman is more of a damsel than a dame.
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Upon that the damsel cried out in a very shrill voice, "Thou knowest very well who I am!"
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Then cried the damsel , “Slay him not; for if thou do thou shalt repent it.”
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On the latter occasion nothing is too bad for his “damsel with the twisted nose,” as he calls her.
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Then Sir Launcelot said: "I go with thee, damsel , wherever it is thy will to take me."
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Yet the damsel gazes continually into the eyes of her cavalier, and the magic of his eyes draws her back to him again.
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British Dictionary definitions for damsel noun archaic , or poetic a young unmarried woman; maiden
Word Origin for damsel C13: from Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin domnicella (unattested) young lady, from Latin domina mistress; see dame
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