Mademoiselle meaning

măd'ə-mə-zĕl', măd-mwä-zĕl'
Used as a courtesy title before the surname or full name of a girl or an unmarried woman in a French-speaking area.

Mademoiselle Turot; Mademoiselle Isabelle Turot.

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Used as a form of polite address for a girl or young woman in a French-speaking area.
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A French governess.
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An unmarried woman or girl.
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A French governess.
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Courtesy title for an unmarried woman in France or a French-speaking country.
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Origin of mademoiselle

French from Old French ma demoiselle ma my Madame demoiselle young lady (from damisele) (from Vulgar Latin dominicella) (diminutive of Latin domina lady Madame)

Sentence Examples

  • Mademoiselle Bourienne flushed, and gave the princess a frightened look.

  • You are coming with us, mademoiselle, he said to Traci.

  • of Lorraine, duke of Guise, sold it to "Mademoiselle," Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans, duchesse de Montpensier, who made it over (1682) to the duke of Maine, bastard son of Louis XIV., as part of the price of the release of her lover Lauzun.

  • Mademoiselle de la Valliere held the position from 1662 to 1670; she was then ousted by Madame de Montespan, who had fiercely intrigued for it, and whose proud and ambitious temper offered a great contrast to her rival.

  • It was continued by Mademoiselle de Montpensier in the latter half of the 17th century, and restored by Louis Philippe who, in 1843 and 1845, received Queen Victoria within its walls.

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