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Meanings of demoiselle in English

Russian
santos-dumont demoiselle
Portuguese
santos dumont demoiselle
Wikidata

1907 Experimental aircraft series by Alberto Santos-Dumont.

        Related terms
        santos-dumont demoiselle
        Portuguese
        donzela
        Catalan
        damisel·la

        A young unmarried woman.

              donzela
              Portuguese
              castanheta
              Spanish
              damisela

              Small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs.

                    castanheta
                    Usage of demoiselle in English
                    1
                    But she insisted on his going first to the demoiselle Van Eyck.
                    The Cloister and the Hearth
                    2
                    There is some demoiselle at home on whom your heart is set.
                    A Little Girl in Old Quebec
                    3
                    That missing demoiselle, no one knows as you do where she is.
                    The Golden Dog
                    4
                    But she comprehends well the arithmetic, that demoiselle Meelair; it was enormous!
                    The Ruling Passion: Tales of Nature and Human Nature
                    5
                    Now in this fountain a demoiselle disported herself for her delight.
                    French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
                    6
                    Then she went into the road and under the trees, haughty, a demoiselle.
                    Twilight in Italy
                    7
                    Solivet was of my opinion that the old demoiselle had instigated this attack.
                    Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of B...
                    8
                    Thus she chattered on with the naive freedom of any other young demoiselle.
                    The Black Wolf's Breed / A Story of France in the Old World and ...
                    9
                    The demoiselle Meelair she was not solid in the canoe.
                    The Ruling Passion: Tales of Nature and Human Nature
                    10
                    The other is the demoiselle Julie, maid to demoiselle Annette.
                    Annette, the Metis Spy: A Heroine of the N.W. Rebellion
                    11
                    I trow 'tis my dear friend the demoiselle Van Eyck.
                    The Cloister and the Hearth
                    12
                    And I dare swear this messenger's account will prove diverting, lisped the sky-coloured demoiselle.
                    The Helmet of Navarre
                    13
                    Can ye not give us the clue, my good demoiselle?
                    The Cloister and the Hearth
                    14
                    I am no Paris demoiselle! said Cigarette, with a dash of her old acrimony.
                    Under Two Flags
                    15
                    She has become suddenly une belle demoiselle, like a rose that blooms in a night.
                    Richard Carvel — Volume 01
                    16
                    He had already told her all that the demoiselle Van Eyck had said to him.
                    The Cloister and the Hearth
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                    Spanish
                    damisela
                    Demoiselle through the time
                    Demoiselle across language varieties
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