- plural of mademoiselle.
mesdemoiselles
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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At 300 meters, neither slackening nor quickening their punishing pace, they passed the mesdemoiselles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Good news, mesdemoiselles, good news! the wound runs all along; it is not deep, like mine was.
From White Lies by Reade, Charles
"Oh! mesdemoiselles," replied La Valliere, blushing, and almost ready to weep.
From Ten Years Later by Dumas père, Alexandre
I learned this morning that mesdemoiselles were to-day to be brought before the Tribunal, and we filled the hall with women and two or three score of sailors.
From In the Reign of Terror by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
There are no mesdemoiselles in France now, and I shall call you Elise instead of Madame.
From In the Reign of Terror by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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