Demoiselle
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A damselfly of the family Calopterygidae.
- 2 small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs wordnet
- 3 A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.
- 4 a young unmarried woman wordnet
- 5 The Numidian crane (Grus virgo).
Antonyms
All antonymsEtymology
Borrowed from French demoiselle. The bird is so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements. Doublet of damsel, doncella, and donzella.