词汇 | damsel |
词源 | damsel [ME] In romances any knight in shining armour worth his salt in a tale of chivalry scoured the country looking for a damsel in distress to rescue. Damsel is based on Latin domina ‘mistress’, which is also the source of words at *dame and of modern French mademoiselle. |
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