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Definition of "demoiselle" [de•moi•selle]

  • A young woman. (noun)
  • A demoiselle crane. (noun)
  • See damselfly. (noun)
  • See damselfish. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "demoiselle" in a sentence
  • "So, Kristin, where was le mot "demoiselle" in the story?"
  • "The French word "demoiselle," which might be adequately rendered into Japanese by the term _ojosan_, refers only to those exquisitely slender, graceful, slow-flitting dragon-flies known to the scientist by the name of Calopteryx."
  • "This "demoiselle" was the type of a woman who is never to be met with except in Paris."