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Definition of Damsel
1. Noun. A young unmarried woman.
Definition of Damsel
1. n. A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales.
Definition of Damsel
1. Noun. A young woman (gloss of noble birth). ¹
2. Noun. A girl; a maiden (gloss without sexual experience). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Damsel
1. a maiden [n -S] - See also: maiden
Medical Definition of Damsel
1. 1. A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales. 2. A young unmarried woman; a gerl; a maiden. "With her train of damsels she was gone, In shady walks the scorching heat to shum." (Dryden) "Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, . . . Goes by to towered Cameleot." (Tennyson) 3. An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hoppe. Origin: OE. Damosel, damesel, damisel, damsel, fr. OF. Damoisele, damisele, gentlewoman, F. Demoiselle young lady; cf. OF. Damoisel young nobleman, F. Damoiseau; fr. LL. Domicella, dominicella, fem, domicellus, dominicellus, masc, dim. Fr. L. Domina, dominus. See Dame, and cf. Demoiselle, Doncella. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Damsel
Literary usage of Damsel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton by Frederick William Robertson (1866)
"And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is,
... And straightway the damsel arose, and walked : for she was of the age of ..."
2. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out of by Robert M. Hartley, American Bible Society, Wightman family (1875)
"42 And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve
years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment. ..."
3. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, William Caxton (1899)
"Sir knight, said And therewithal he made a semblant if my damsel speak with me
for thy life. to ... Let be, said the damsel, thou do thou shall repent it. ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"damsel, why say ye so ? said Launcelot. I say you sooth, said the damsel ...
Yes, said the damsel, that were ye, and are yet of any sinful man of the world. ..."
5. Sermons Preached at Brighton by Frederick William Robertson (1871)
"And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi ; which is,
... And straightway the damsel arose, and walked ; for she was of the age of ..."
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