Crossword clues for demoiselle
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Demoiselle \De`moi`selle"\, n. [F. See Damsel.]
A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.
(Zo["o]l.) The Numidian crane ( Anthropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements.
(Zo["o]l.) A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1510s, from French demoiselle (Old French dameiselle); see damsel.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A damselfly of the family Calopterygidae. 2 A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid. 3 The Numidian crane (''Grus virgo''); so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements.
WordNet
n. a young unmarried woman [syn: damsel, damoiselle, damosel, damozel]
small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs [syn: damselfish]
Wikipedia
Demoiselle may refer to:
- Demoiselle crane, a crane (bird) of central Asia
- Demoiselle Stakes, a horse race held in New York
- Demoiselle Creek, New Brunswick
- Santos-Dumont Demoiselle, an early aircraft
- Calopterygidae, the broad-winged damselfly
- The banded butterflyfish, Chaetodon striatus
- One of several species of fish in the damselfish family (Pomacentridae), especially:
- The New Zealand demoiselle, Chromis dispilus
- The Brazilian damsel, Stegastes fuscus
- Memeskia, Miami Indian chief (c. 1695 – 1752), known by the French as "La Demoiselle"
Usage examples of "demoiselle".
Iris Judiana, I have the honor to present my heart-daughters, the demoiselles Alyce and Marie, children of my dear friend Stevana de Corwyn, the late heiress of Corwyn.
The feeling against France and all her doings was far too keen in that very set, which Demoiselle Candeille had desired to captivate with her talents, to allow of the English jeunesse doree to flock and see Moliere played in French, by a French troupe, whilst Candeille's own compatriots resident in England had given her but scant support.
He knew, even before Fleurette began to speak, that the nocturnal experiences of the demoiselle and her maid had been identical with those of himself and the man-servant.
The princess Nerovens de Morganore was missing, and two of her ladies in waiting: namely, Miss Angela Bohun, and the Demoiselle Elaine Courtemains, the former of these two being a young black sow with a white star in her forehead, and the latter a brown one with thin legs and a slight limp in the forward shank on the starboard side—.
Of course, there were many light-footed, shrill-voiced American girls, handsome, lifeless-looking English ditto, and a few plain but piquante French demoiselles, likewise the usual set of traveling young gentlemen who disported themselves gaily, while mammas of all nations lined the walls and smiled upon them benignly when they danced with their daughters.
Tiny demoiselles fluttered around them, and a pair of red squirrelfish watched from the shelter of a purple coral fan.
She identified for them a number of the smaller reef fishes, including clowns, demoiselles, and even the deadly scorpion fish.