Damsel \Dam"sel\ (d[a^]m"z[e^]l), 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.]
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2. A young unmarried woman; a girl; a maiden.
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With her train of damsels she was gone,
In shady walks the scorching heat to shun. --Dryden.
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Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, . . .
Goes by to towered Camelot. --Tennyson.
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3. (Milling) An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking
the hopper.
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