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mademoiselle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mademoiselle has 1 sense
- mademoiselle(n = noun.animal) bairdiella chrysoura, silver perch - small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico; Array is a kind of drum, drumfish
is a member of bairdiella, genus bairdiella
CIDE DICTIONARY
mademoiselle, n. [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. [1913 Webster] - A marine food fish (
Sciæna chrysura ), of the Southern United States; -- called alsoyellowtail , andsilver perch . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mademoiselle, n. (pl. Mesdemoiselles)
1 a title or form of address used of or to an unmarried French-speaking woman, corresponding to Miss or madam.
2 (mademoiselle) a a young Frenchwoman. b a French governess.
1 a title or form of address used of or to an unmarried French-speaking woman, corresponding to Miss or madam.
2 (mademoiselle) a a young Frenchwoman. b a French governess.
Etymology
F f. ma my + demoiselle DAMSEL
THESAURUS
mademoiselle
Frau, Fraulein, Miss, Mistress, Mlle, Mme, Mmes, babe, baby, broad, chick, colleen, cutie, dame, damoiselle, damsel, demoiselle, doll, dona, donna, filly, frail, gal, girl, girlie, heifer, hoyden, jeune fille, jill, junior miss, lady, lass, lassie, little missy, madam, madame, maid, maiden, mem-sahib, mesdames, miss, missy, nymphet, piece, romp, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, senhora, senhorita, signora, signorina, skirt, slip, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen, subteener, teenybopper, tomato, tomboy, virgin, vrouw, wench, young creature, young thing
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