n. [ OE. damosel, damesel, damisel, damsel, fr. OF. damoisele, damisele, gentlewoman, F. demoiselle young lady; cf. OF. damoisel young nobleman, F. damoiseau; fr. LL. domicella, dominicella, fem., domicellus, dominicellus, masc., dim. fr. L. domina, dominus. See Dame, and cf. Demoiselle, Doncella. ] 1. A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A young unmarried woman; a girl; a maiden. [ 1913 Webster ]

With her train of damsels she was gone,
In shady walks the scorching heat to shun. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, . . .
Goes by to towered Camelot. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Milling) An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs.
Syn. -- demoiselle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a slender nonstinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest. [ WordNet 1.5 ]