damoiselle
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Katherine Swynford met John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and King Edward III's third son, while she was a damoiselle in his wife Blanche's household.
From Salon • Jul. 25, 2022
Le cheuallier sen part, et cheuauche tant quil treuue vne maison forte, et voit vne dame en son surcot, qui regardoit les prez et la forest | & auoit auec elle vne damoiselle.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
A goodly lady, meke, trymmed, currteyse: damosell stedfast, symple, Dame gaillarde, benigne, cointe, courtoise: damoiselle constant, symple, chaste, shamefast and honest. chaste, pudique et honeste.
From An Introductorie for to Lerne to Read, To Pronounce, and to Speke French Trewly by Du Wés, Giles
Votre majesté ’ave fausse French enough to deceive la plus sage damoiselle dat is en France.
From King Henry the Fifth Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre by Kean, Charles John
Fortunately, that discreet damoiselle, Oudarde Musnier, turned the conversation in time.
From Notre-Dame De Paris by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
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