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mesdemoiselles

American  
[mey-duh-muh-zel, meyd-mwuh-zel, meyd-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

You were going to the Mairie, mesdemoiselles, when I arrived.

From The Isle of Unrest by Henry Seton Merriman

There are no mesdemoiselles in France now, and I shall call you Elise instead of Madame.

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

The Cinderella-like plot of School is taken from the Aschenbrödel of Roderick Benedix: the school examination was suggested by a French vaudeville, En classe, mesdemoiselles!

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 by Various

Now, mesdemoiselles, hide in there, and as still as mice.

From White Lies by Charles Reade

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