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mesdemoiselles
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mademoiselle \Ma`de*moi`selle"\, n.; pl. Mesdemoiselles. [F., fr. ma my, f. of mon + demoiselle young lady. See Damsel.]
A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English Miss.
--Goldsmith.(Zo["o]l.) A marine food fish ( Sci[ae]na chrysura), of the Southern United States; -- called also yellowtail, and silver perch.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of mademoiselle English)
WordNet
n. small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico [syn: silver perch, Bairdiella chrysoura]
[also: mesdemoiselles (pl)]
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Usage examples of "mesdemoiselles".
Chrysantheme and Mesdemoiselles La Neige and La Lune, her sisters, in the endeavor to find another.
Nagasaki: Mesdemoiselles Purete, Orange, and Printemps, whom I have hired at four dollars each--an enormous price in this country.
Gazing soulfully at Rochefort, the Mesdemoiselles Gravier declared they had never before viewed such a spectacle.
Matilda thanked the Marchioness for the pleasure she had procured her, in the introduction to such charming young women as Mesdemoiselles De Bouville and De Bancre.
Burbure and Busnes, and in both places the mesdemoiselles and the estaminets were a source of real delight to the men of the 7th.
The Mesdemoiselles de Laurella were highly accomplished, could sing quite ravishingly, paint fruits and flowers, and drop to each other, before surrounding savages, mysterious allusions to feats in ballrooms, which, alas!
This was the first visit of the Mesdemoiselles Laurella to the family of Besso, for they had only returned from Marseilles at the beginning of the year, and their host had not resided at Damascus until the summer was much advanced.
But the Mesdemoiselles Laurella were ashamed of their race, and not fanatically devoted to their religion, which might be true, but certainly was not fashionable.
Notwithstanding their practised nonchalance, the Mesdemoiselles Laurella were a little subdued when they entered the palace of Besso, still more so when they were presented to its master, whose manner, void of all art, yet invested with a natural dignity, asserted in an instant its superiority.
He had not, however, returned to Syria with any of the disgust shared by the Mesdemoiselles Laurella.
In the meantime the arrival of the new guests made a considerable sensation in the chamber, especially with the Mesdemoiselles Laurella.