Actually I wanted to be a damsel in a tower guarded by seven dragons, and then a prince on a white horse would chop off the dragons' heads and liberate me.
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Damsel
//ˈdæm.zəl//
Synonyms for "damsel" (60 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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10 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 23 languages.
Breton
2 entries- merc'h noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- plac'h noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
Bulgarian
1 entries- госпожица noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 閨女 /闺女 noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
Czech
3 entries- (mladá) dáma noun (young woman of noble birth)
- milostslečna noun (young woman of noble birth)
- panna noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
Danish
1 entries- ungmo noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
Finnish
4 entries- immyt noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- impi noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- neito noun (young woman of noble birth)
- neito noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
French
3 entries- demoiselle noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- jeune femme noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- jeune fille noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
Galician
2 entries- dama noun (young woman of noble birth)
- doncela noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
German
2 entries- Jungfrau noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- Mädchen noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
Hebrew
1 entries- עלמה noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
Hungarian
4 entries- hajadon noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- hölgy noun (young woman of noble birth)
- kisasszony noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- leány noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
Ido
1 entries- damzelo noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
Irish
3 entries- ainnir noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- cailín noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- maighdean noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
Occitan
2 entries- domaisèla noun (young woman of noble birth)
- donzèla noun (young woman of noble birth)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Mäakjen noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
Polish
2 entries- dziewica noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- młoda dama noun (young woman of noble birth)
Portuguese
2 entries- donzela noun (young woman of noble birth)
- donzela noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
Romanian
2 entries- fecioară noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- fecior noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
Russian
4 entries- ба́рышня noun (young woman of noble birth)
- да́мочка noun (young woman of noble birth)
- де́вочка noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- де́вственница noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- ainnir noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- maighdeann noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- nighean noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- rìbhinn noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
Spanish
4 entries- damisela noun (young woman of noble birth)
- damisela noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- doncella noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- muchacha noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
Swedish
2 entries- flicka noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- ungmö noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
Welsh
3 entries- geneth noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- merch noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
- rhiain noun (girl, maiden (without sexual experience))
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
As the swallow hovered over her and brushed her cheek with its fluttering wings, the damsel started and screamed; but, seeing the swallow still fluttering near her and Daphnis laughing at her alarm, her fear vanished and she rubbed her eyes which were yet heavy with sleep.
Source: tatoeba (6212529)
I was near you, when you sat beneath those beech-trees, and piped and sang the praises of your sweetheart Amaryllis: I was close to the damsel, but you could not discern me. I gave her to you, and some brave boys, who are now excellent husbandmen and herdsmen, are the pledges of your love.
Source: tatoeba (6212644)
And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife.
Source: tatoeba (7855237)
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