damsel
Collocations
4VERB + DAMSEL
get, give, like
DAMSEL + NOUN
europe, tower, wife
PREP.
in
ADV.
thus
Definitions
noun
A young woman (of noble birth).
A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience).
A young woman who is not married.
An unmarried lady-in-waiting.
A chattering damsel (component of a mill).
The spout that conveys the grain from the hopper to the eye or centre of the upper millstone rests against the spindle, just at the damsel, and thus receives an alternate back and forward motion, […]
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a young unmarried woman
- demoiselle
- damoiselle
- damosel
- damozel
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5The spout that conveys the grain from the hopper to the eye or centre of the upper millstone rests against the spindle, just at the damsel, and thus receives an alternate back and forward motion, […]
WiktionaryActually I wanted to be a damsel in a tower guarded by seven dragons, and then a prince on a white horse would chop off the dragons' heads and liberate me.
Tatoeba · #386520And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife.
Tatoeba · #7855237Raise the dowry, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife.
Tatoeba · #7855986Like a damsel in distress, Europe remains completely reliant on the US in terms of defense.
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