doncella
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish doncella (“maid”). Compare damsel.
Noun
doncella (plural doncellas)
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- The ladyfish (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.) of the same region.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “doncella”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Spanish
Etymology
From a Vulgar Latin *domnicella (compare Old Occitan donçela, Portuguese donzela, French demoiselle), based on Latin domina (“lady, mistress”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
doncella f (plural doncellas)
- maid, maiden, damsel (girl or an unmarried young woman)
- abigail, lady's maid (female servant employed by an upper-class woman to attend to her personal needs)
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