Dăm'o-sel or Dăm'o-sel'la1, n.
n. Same as DAMSEL. [Obs.]
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Damsel
Dăm'sel2, n.
n. [O. Fr. damoisele, damisele, gentlewoman, now demoiselle, young lady, Pr. damisela, donzella, It. damigella, donzella, Sp. damisela, L. Lat. domicella, dominicella, Lat. as if dominicilla, diminutive of domina. See DAME.]
Sense 1. A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales. [Obs.]
Sense 2. A young unmarried woman. With her train of damsels she was gone, In shady walks the scorching heat to shun. Dryden. Sometimes a troop of damsels glad . . . Goes by to towered Camelot. Tennyson.