'Damsel' definitions:
Definition of 'damsel'
(from WordNet)
noun
Definition of 'Damsel'
From: GCIDE
- Damsel \Dam"sel\ (d[a^]m"z[e^]l), n. [OE. damosel, damesel, damisel, damsel, fr. OF. damoisele, damisele, gentlewoman, F. demoiselle young lady; cf. OF. damoisel young nobleman, F. damoiseau; fr. LL. domicella, dominicella, fem., domicellus, dominicellus, masc., dim. fr. L. domina, dominus. See Dame, and cf. Demoiselle, Doncella.]
- 1. A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. A young unmarried woman; a girl; a maiden. [1913 Webster]
- With her train of damsels she was gone, In shady walks the scorching heat to shun. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, . . . Goes by to towered Camelot. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Milling) An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'damsel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- babe,
- baby,
- broad,
- chick,
- colleen,
- cutie,
- dame,
- damoiselle,
- demoiselle,
- doll,
- filly,
- frail,
- gal,
- girl,
- girlie,
- heifer,
- hoyden,
- jeune fille,
- jill,
- junior miss,
- lass,
- lassie,
- little missy,
- mademoiselle,
- maid,
- maiden,
- miss,
- missy,
- nymphet,
- piece,
- quail,
- romp,
- schoolgirl,
- schoolmaid,
- schoolmiss,
- skirt,
- slip,
- subdeb,
- subdebutante,
- subteen,
- subteener,
- teenybopper,
- tomato,
- tomboy,
- virgin,
- wench,
- young creature,
- young thing