damsel
UK/ˈdæm.zəl//ˈdæm.zəl/
damsel noun: a young woman (of noble birth).
Noun
damsel (plural damsels)
- A young woman (of noble birth).
- A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience).
- A young woman who is not married.
- An unmarried lady-in-waiting.
- A young, attractive woman.
- And here I might (if I followed the example of most travellers) launch out into a glowing description of the charms of these damsels, the elegant costumes they wore, and the gold and silver ornaments with which they were adorned. The jacket or body of purple gauze would figure well in such a...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 343
- A chattering damsel (component of a mill).
- The spout that conveys the grain from the hopper to the eye or centre of the upper millstone rests against the spindle, just at the damsel, and thus receives an alternate back and forward motion, […]1843, The Magazine of Science, and Schools of Art, volume 4, page 263
damsel meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
damsel in Tamil
- ரம்பை, காரிகை, பாவை, பாலிகை, வனிதை
damsel in Urdu
- damsel, maiden, girl
- دوشیزہ dośīza
damsel in Telugu
- damsel
- గౌరి gauri, జోటి jōṭi
- a damsel, a maiden, a female
- కొమ్మ komma
- a damsel, a woman
- బోటి bōṭi
damsel in Malayalam
- girl, young woman, young lady
- കന്യക, പെൺകുട്ടി, പാക, ധനി, ധനിക, ധനീക
More languagesFewer languages
- damsel in Kannada
- ಕೊಡವಿ, ಹುಡುಗಿ, ಕೊಡಗೂಸು, ಕುಮಾರಿ
Examples of damsel in a sentence
- The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.
- 'Most important of all: no buts, Now, we have a damsel to undistress,' said de Carabas.
- On seeing Kāma annihilated there, the Devas and the groups of celestial damsels became frightened.
Forms of damsel
| plural | damsels |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | damoisel |
| alternative form (archaic) | damoiselle |
| alternative form (archaic) | damosel |
| alternative form (archaic) | damozel |
Origin of damsel
From Middle English dameisele, from Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, a diminutive from Classical Latin domina (“mistress, lady”), from dominus, from *demh₂-. Doublet of demoiselle, doncella, and donzella.
Words formed from damsel
Phrases with damsel
Questions about damsel
- What does damsel mean?
- Damsel means a young woman (of noble birth).
- What is damsel in Tamil?
- Damsel in Tamil is ரம்பை, காரிகை, பாவை. See Damsel meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is damsel?
- Damsel is a noun.
- How do you pronounce damsel?
- Damsel is pronounced /ˈdæm.zəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of damsel?
- The plural of damsel is damsels.
Words near damsel in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: damsel (page history and authors); damsel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); دوشیزہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); కొమ్మ (Telugu) (page history and authors); damsel (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); damsel (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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