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# damosel

«damosel» in Mova's school dictionary: **An old spelling of «damsel»: a young unmarried woman or girl** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (damosels)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) An old spelling of «damsel»: a young unmarried woman or girl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damosel/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

an old-fashioned word for a maiden in an old song or tale

### examples

- The damosel sobbed all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damosel/#x1)
- A damosel sat by the well and sang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damosel/#x2)
- In old songs a damosel waits for her knight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damosel/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «damosel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damosel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.