damoiseau
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]damoiseau (plural damoiseaus or damoiseaux)
- (historical) A young gentleman who was not yet a knight but aspired to be one; a young nobleman accompanying his lord or lady to hunt, walk, travel, etc.
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[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French damoisel, from Vulgar Latin *domnicellus, diminutive of Classical Latin dominus (“master, lord”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]damoiseau m (plural damoiseaux)
- (archaic) young man
- (historical) a young gentleman who was not yet a knight but aspired to be one; a young nobleman accompanying his lord or lady to hunt, walk, travel, etc.
- (ironic, dated) a handsome, charming young man who is courteous or amorous toward women
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “damoiseau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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