Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A young woman.
- noun A demoiselle crane.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A young lady; a damsel.
- noun A bird, the Numidian crane, Anthropoides virgo: so called from its gracefulness and symmetry of form.
- noun In entomology, a damsel-fly: a dragon-fly.
- noun A shark, Galeocerdo tigrinus, about 12 feet long.
- noun A fish of the genus Pomacentrus; one of the family Pomacentridæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.
- noun (Zoöl.) The Numidian crane (
Anthropoides virgo ); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements. - noun (Zoöl.) A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
damselfly of the family Calopterygidae. - noun A young lady; a
damsel ; a lady's maid. - noun The Numidian crane (Antropoides virgo); so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs
- noun a young unmarried woman
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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So, Kristin, where was le mot "demoiselle" in the story?
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So, Kristin, where was le mot "demoiselle" in the story?
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The French word "demoiselle," which might be adequately rendered into Japanese by the term _ojosan_, refers only to those exquisitely slender, graceful, slow-flitting dragon-flies known to the scientist by the name of Calopteryx.
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This "demoiselle" was the type of a woman who is never to be met with except in Paris.
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This "demoiselle" was the type of a woman who is never to be met with except in Paris.
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"demoiselle" now rides "Sin-fin's" Irish hunters, we may believe, if we wish, that a rickety piano formed the basis of an international romance.
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The cafe crowd howled, the girl's mother growled, and certain susceptibles felt sympathy for the demoiselle whose hapless heart lived itself out loud.
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French Vocabulary une fille = girl le tabac = bar, café, or shop with a cigarette counter la demoiselle = young lady
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French Vocabulary une fille = girl le tabac = bar, café, or shop with a cigarette counter la demoiselle = young lady
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The cafe crowd howled, the girl's mother growled, and certain susceptibles felt sympathy for the demoiselle whose hapless heart lived itself out loud.
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