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Word entry · 6 letters

damsel

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"Young woman"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈdæm.zəl/Part of speech nounSorted adelmsStarts with DEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a young unmarried woman

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • 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, […]

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