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demoiselle

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of DEMOISELLE

a young unmarried woman <fell in love with a pretty demoiselle from a neighboring village>

Synonyms damsel, demoiselle, maid, maiden, miss

Related Words virgin; deb, debutante, ingenue (or ingénue); bird [chiefly British], chick [slang], chicken, chit, filly, lass, lassie, sheila [Australian & New Zealand], sister; colleen, mademoiselle, senhorita, senorita (or señorita)

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