damoiselle
Americannoun
noun
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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)
The French damoiselle and demoiselle are later formations.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
Dreams visited his pillow; distorted visions, in which Kirsty, the dark-eyed damoiselle, and the man with the black whiskers, bore prominent parts, flitted across his fancy.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various
Your Majestee ave fausse French enough to deceive de most sage damoiselle dat is en France.
From The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by Shakespeare, William
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