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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Damsel \Dam"sel\, n. [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}.] 1. A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales. [Obs.] 2. A young unmarried woman; a girl; a maiden. With her train of damsels she was gone, In shady walks the scorching heat to shun. --Dryden. Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, . . . Goes by to towered Camelot. --Tennyson. 3. (Milling) An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: damsel n : a young unmarried woman [syn: {demoiselle}, {damoiselle}, {damosel}, {damozel}]
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