- a young woman who is not marriedWord OriginMiddle English: from Old French dameisele, damisele, based on Latin domina ‘mistress’.
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Idioms
See damsel in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarya damsel in distress
- (humorous, sometimes offensive) a young woman who needs help
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