mademoiselles

Variant of mademoiselle

mademoiselle definition

ma·demoi·selle (mad′ə mə zel′, mam zel′; Fr mȧd mwȧ zel′)

noun pl. mademoiselles ma′·demoi·selles′, mesdemoiselles mes·demoi·selles′ (mād mwȧ zel′)

  1. an unmarried woman or girl: French title equivalent to Miss: abbrev. Mlle or Mdlle
  2. a French governess
  3. silver perch (sense )

Etymology: Fr < ma, my + demoiselle, young lady < OFr dameisele: see damsel

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