damsel

Adamsel is a young unmarried woman.

(noun)

A 20-year-old girl who is not married is an example of a damsel.

See damsel in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Now Literary a girl; maiden

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

See damsel in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A young woman or girl; a maiden.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English damisele

Origin: , from Old French dameisele, damoiselle

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *dominicella

Origin: , diminutive of domina, lady; see Dame

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