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What is another word for demoiselles?

Pronunciation: [dˈɛmɔ͡ɪsˌɛlz] (IPA)

Demoiselles is a French word that refers to young women or unmarried girls. Some synonyms for demoiselles include maidens, damsels, lasses, and lassies. Other possible synonyms are misses, nymphs, virgins, flowers, belles, and sweethearts. These words evoke different connotations and contexts, ranging from romantic and chivalric to literary and pastoral. Demoiselles can also be translated as young ladies, which suggests a more formal and refined setting. The choice of synonyms depends on the writer's purpose, audience, and tone, but all of them convey a sense of youthfulness, beauty, and innocence, often associated with springtime, courtship, and fairy tales.
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"Yes, sir; and there are the demoiselles Janson, of the cigar-shop, and stunningly dressed they are too!
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever
He was not by nature a conceited fellow, but so many mothers and fathers of so many demoiselles had approached him with a view to an alliance for those daughters, that it had never really entered his head that, when the time came for him to make a decision in choice of a wife, he would be refused.
"Molly Brown's Orchard Home"
Nell Speed
What we need now is the photographs of those fair demoiselles!
"The Letters of William James, Vol. II"
William James

Related words: demoiselle d'honneur robe, demoiselle d'honneur pas cher, demoiselle d'honneur vernis à ongle, demoiselle d'honneur robe de soirée, demoiselle d'honneur lunette de soleil

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