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   Dem·oi·selle

   /ˌdem(w)äˈzel/

   

   noun

   • 1. a small, graceful Old World crane with a black head and breast and white ear tufts, breeding in southeastern Europe and central Asia.
   • 2. a damselfly, especially of the genus Agrion.
   • 3. a damselfish.
   • 4. a young woman. archaic, literary

   Word Origin early 16th century (in demoiselle (sense 4)): from French, from Old French dameisele ‘damsel’.

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