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damsel definition

dam·sel (dam′zəl)

noun

Now Literary a girl; maiden

Etymology: damesele < OFr dameisele < VL *dominicella, dim. of L domina: see dame

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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