donzel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of donzel
1585–95; < Italian donzello < Old Provençal donzel < Vulgar Latin *dom ( i ) nicellus, equivalent to Latin domin ( us ) lord + -cellus diminutive suffix; cf. damsel
Example Sentences
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The word donzello, derived from the Latin domicellus, I have translated squire, because the donzel was a youth of gentle birth awaiting knighthood.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington
His donzel passes the night in bed, attended by Discretion, or the virtue of reflection.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington
He is esquire to a knight-errant, donzel to the damsels, and gentleman usher daily waiter on the ladies, that rubs out his time in making legs and love to them.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
He moves before our eyes like the angelic -469-knight in Mantegna's Madonna of the Victory, or like Giorgione's picture of the fair-haired and mail-clad donzel, born to conquer by the might of beauty.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
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