Donzel
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A young squire or the attendant to a knight; a page obsolete
- 2 A boy or an unmarried young man
Etymology
From Old French danzel and Italian donzello, both ultimately from Medieval Latin domicellus (“young nobleman, squire”), a diminutive of Latin dominus (“master, lord”). Compare donzella.
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