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Damsel

//ˈdæm.zəl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A young woman (of noble birth).
  2. 2
    a young unmarried woman wordnet
  3. 3
    A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience).
  4. 4
    A young woman who is not married.
  5. 5
    An unmarried lady-in-waiting.
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  1. 6
    A chattering damsel (component of a mill).

    "The spout that conveys the grain from the hopper to the eye or centre of the upper millstone rests against the spindle, just at the damsel, and thus receives an alternate back and forward motion, […]"

Etymology

From Middle English dameisele, from Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, a diminutive from Classical Latin domina (“mistress, lady”), from dominus, from *demh₂-. Doublet of demoiselle, doncella, and donzella.

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