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DAM'SEL, n. A young woman. Formerly, a young man or woman of noble or genteel extraction; as Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, prince of Wales. It is now used only of young women, and is applied to any class of young unmarried women, unless to the most vulgar, and sometimes to country girls.
A young person, either male
or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin;
Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales.
[Obs.] A young unmarried woman; a girl; a
maiden.
With her train of damsels she was gone, Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, . . . An attachment to a
millstone spindle for shaking the hopper.
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