Definition of "mademoiselle" []

• Courtesy title for an unmarried woman in France or a French-speaking country (noun)

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• "A new website lets users sign a petition and offers form letters that can be sent to companies and lawmakers to demand that the title mademoiselle be discarded."
• "Critics of the word say the title mademoiselle is intrusive because it invited speculation about whether a woman is married."
• "Marie-Noelle Bas, president of the feminist group Watchdog, says the word "mademoiselle" is no longer relevant."