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Meanings of
damsel
in English
Portuguese
donzela
Catalan
damisel·la
Back to the meaning
A young unmarried woman.
damosel
demoiselle
damozel
damoiselle
Portuguese
donzela
A young unmarried woman.
maid
maiden
Synonyms
Examples for "
damosel
"
damosel
demoiselle
damozel
damoiselle
Examples for "
damosel
"
1
Meseemeth,
damosel
,
I should have seen you in the court of Arthur.
2
When Palomides was unarmed he asked lodging for himself and the
damosel
.
3
So the
damosel
then granted him, and there they had merry cheer.
4
Alas, said the
damosel
,
my knight fighteth passing sore and over long.
5
Then, said the
damosel
,
methinketh ye have no lust to help him.
1
But she insisted on his going first to the
demoiselle
Van Eyck.
2
There is some
demoiselle
at home on whom your heart is set.
3
That missing
demoiselle
,
no one knows as you do where she is.
4
But she comprehends well the arithmetic, that
demoiselle
Meelair; it was enormous!
5
Now in this fountain a
demoiselle
disported herself for her delight.
1
The blessed
damozel
of the feathers is attractive to you.
2
Moreover, buy me a gittern- abraveone-forthe
damozel
.
3
Polly (like another 'blessed
damozel
'
)
flew to another window,-
4
This is my eldest daughter, Isabel; and this soft-eyed, pale-cheeked
damozel
-
too
loyal
for a leaf of the red rose-isthe Lady Anne.
5
Then she saw herself in the cloisters lost in the beauty of "The blessed
damozel
,
"
when he had appeared so unexpectedly.
1
Fortunately, that discreet
damoiselle
,
Oudarde Musnier, turned the conversation in time.
2
By the way,
Damoiselle
Mahiette, what say you to our Flemish Ambassadors?
3
Damoiselles
a-la-mode, a Comedy, printed 8vo, Lond.
4
And now to let ye weet that thing that followed that happening that made me acquaint with they two young
Damoiselles
.
5
One evening about this time, Levina came up with the news that Abraham of Norwich wished to see the
Damoiselle
de Malpas.
Usage of
damsel
in English
1
The
damsel
is likely to live as long as any her age.
2
Then saw they a
damsel
floating on the lake in the Moonlight.
3
The tribe of the deserted woman attacked that of the favoured
damsel
.
4
You mistake, fair
damsel
;
it is not I that am the King.
5
When they reached the second circle of the river, the
damsel
said:
6
Looking at it, the king dwells upon the beauties of the
damsel
.
7
And he took the
damsel
by the hand, and said unto her:
8
He then showed himself in his own proper form to the
damsel
.
9
The
damsel
was evilly clad in rags, and seemed like a scullion-maid.
10
We thought you deserved something nice for helping a
damsel
in distress.'
11
Tell me not, Rowland, that the
damsel
hath no design in it.
12
The kitchen
damsel
followed the direction of his eyes, and was terror-stricken.
13
Then he bade the second
damsel
sing somewhat on the like subject.
14
And the
damsel
Elouise said: Let it be this way, Sir Launcelot.
15
Mary slipped from the gate and confronted the spick-and-span
damsel
of Ingleside.
16
This
damsel
is the gentlest and fairest lady I ever could find.
Other examples for "damsel"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
damsel
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
fair damsel
say the damsel
young damsel
little damsel
beautiful damsel
More collocations
Translations for
damsel
Portuguese
donzela
Catalan
damisel·la
Damsel
through the time
Damsel
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common