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 Definitions of damsel  [ˈdæm zəl]  

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Definition of 'damsel' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) damsel
a maiden, orig. one of gentle or noble birth.

Etymology:  (1150–1200; < OF damoisele < VL *dominicella < L domin(a) lady (see dame ))

Definition of 'damsel' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) damsel, demoiselle, damoiselle, damosel, damozel
a young unmarried woman


Definition of 'damsel' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) damsel
a young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales

2. (noun) damsel
a young unmarried woman; a girl; a maiden

3. (noun) damsel
an attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper


Translation of 'damsel' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a young girl
a damsel in distress.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: maagd, jonkvrou Arabic flag Arabic: فَتاه، عَذْراء، آنِسَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: девойка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: donzela Czech flag Czech: slečna German flag German: junges Mädchen
Danish flag Danish:  Greek flag Greek: νέο κορίτσι Spanish flag Spanish: damisela, doncella
Estonian flag Estonian: näitsik Farsi flag Farsi: دختر خانم؛ دخترک Finnish flag Finnish: neito
French flag French: damoiselle Hebrew flag Hebrew: נַעֲרָה Hindi flag Hindi: कुमारी कन्या, युवती
Croatian flag Croatian: djevojka, gospođica Hungarian flag Hungarian: leányka Indonesian flag Indonesian: gadis
Icelandic flag Icelandic: stúlka, ungfrú Italian flag Italian: fanciulla Japanese flag Japanese: 少女
Korean flag Korean: 계집아이 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: mergužėlė Latvian flag Latvian: jaunava
Malay flag Malay: gadis Dutch flag Dutch: jonkvrouw Norwegian flag Norwegian: jomfru, pike
Polish flag Polish: panienka, dziewczę Persian flag Persian: دختر خانم؛ دخترک Pashto flag Pashto: پيغله، نجلى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: donzela Romanian flag Romanian: domnişoară Russian flag Russian: девица
Slovak flag Slovak: slečna Slovenian flag Slovenian: gospodična Serbian flag Serbian: gospođica
Swedish flag Swedish: fröken, ung dam Thai flag Thai: ผู้หญิงสาว Turkish flag Turkish: genç kız
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 年輕女人,處女,閨女 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: дівчина Urdu flag Urdu: دوشیزہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thiếu nữ Chinese flag Chinese: 年轻女人,处女,闺女

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