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mesdemoiselles

American  
[may-duh-muh-zel, mayd-mwuh-zel, mayd-mwa-zel] / ˌmeɪ də məˈzɛl, ˌmeɪd mwəˈzɛl, meɪd mwaˈzɛl /

noun

  1. a plural of mademoiselle.


mesdemoiselles British  
/ ˌmeɪdmwəˈzɛl, medmwazɛl /

noun

  1. the plural of mademoiselle

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At 300 meters, neither slackening nor quickening their punishing pace, they passed the mesdemoiselles.

From Time Magazine Archive

I never seem to get on with my work, and yet I try hard enough, and Kami says——" "'Continuez, mesdemoiselles.

From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Rudyard Kipling

"Please follow me, mesdemoiselles, you must crawl along here."

From In the Reign of Terror by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

"Come, come, mesdemoiselles, we must work and not idle so; here's a wedding dress that must be done to-morrow; Madame Dumanchon has promised it."

From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Charles Paul de Kock

I did not bear the first view like a stoic; I was dazzled, my eyes fell, and in a voice somewhat too low I murmured— "Prenez vos cahiers de dictee, mesdemoiselles."

From The Professor by Charlotte Brontë

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