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DAMSEL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A young unmarried woman

Synonyms:

damoiselle; damosel; damozel; damsel; demoiselle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("damsel" is a kind of...):

maid; maiden (an unmarried girl (especially a virgin))

Credits

 Context examples: 

So intent were they upon each other that neither took note of his approach; until, when he was close upon them, the man threw his arm roughly round the damsel's waist and drew her towards him, she straining her lithe, supple figure away and striking fiercely at him, while the hooded hawk screamed with ruffled wings and pecked blindly in its mistress's defence.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I have in good sooth,” Alleyne answered, and then as they journeyed on their way he told them the many things that had befallen him, his meeting with the villein, his sight of the king, his coming upon his brother, with all the tale of the black welcome and of the fair damsel.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)