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# damsel

«damsel» in Mova's school dictionary: **A young unmarried woman or girl; in old stories a maiden…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (damsels)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) A young unmarried woman or girl; in old stories a maiden, often in trouble and needing a hero. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damsel/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a young woman in a fairy tale or old story, often one who needs rescuing

### examples

- The damsel sobbed and sang all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damsel/#x1)
- How now, fair damsel! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damsel/#x2)
- The damsel took the flask and did her mistress's bidding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damsel/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house according to these words.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.649/)
- [And they said: 'We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.682/)
- [And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.686/)
- [And his soul did cleave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke comfortingly unto the damsel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1057/)
- [And Shechem spoke unto his father Hamor, saying: 'Get me this damsel to wife.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1058/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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