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Definition of Damosel
1. Noun. A young unmarried woman.
Definition of Damosel
1. n. See Damsel.
Definition of Damosel
1. Noun. (obsolete spelling of damsel) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Damosel
1. damsel [n -S] - See also: damsel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Damosel
Literary usage of Damosel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, Alfred William Pollard, William Caxton (1903)
"As Jesu help me, said the damosel, an ye would love me and be ruled by me, I
shall make your deliverance with your worship. ..."
2. Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists and Artists of Foreign Origin by Laurence Binyon (1900)
"Whole length, with hand raised, protesting, ' I was taken with none, sir; I was
taken with a damosel' (' Lovu'a Labour's Lost,' Aet I., sc. 1). ..."
3. Introduction to Notable Poems by Hamilton Wright Mabie (1909)
"THE BLESSED damosel WHAT is known as the Pre- Raphaelite movement in English art
was one of those events which discredit abstract theories of racial ..."
4. The English Novel Before the Nineteenth Century: Excerpts from by Helen Sard Hughes, Annette Brown Hopkins (1915)
"With that they saw a damosel going upon the lake. What damosel is that? said Arthur.
That is the Lady of the Lake, said Merlin; and within that lake is a ..."
5. The Oxford Treasury of English Literature by Grace Eleanor Hadow (1906)
"lot, and therefore I will have no reward, but God reward me. And also I must
follow this damosel.' And when he came nigh her, she bade him ride from her, ..."
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