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Added 9 October 2026

demoiselle

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about demoiselle at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A young unmarried woman.
Small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs.

Origin

Borrowed from French demoiselle. The bird is so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements. Doublet of damsel, doncella, and donzella.

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