mademoiselle

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A young woman or girl, especially one who is French or French-speaking.

   It was a teenage wedding, and the old folks wished them well / You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoiselle...

2. 2
   verb

   To address as mademoiselle.

   If not courted by some tall and handsome “Chasseur,” or some crafty little valet who “mademoiselles” her, she almost invariably condescends to notice favourably some dandified linendraper’s assistant, or sixth clerk in an attorney’s office, whom she met one holiday at the Chaumière or at the Ermitage.

3. 3
   noun

   Alternative letter-case form of mademoiselle.

   To Mesdemoiselles ELIZABETH and LUCY OAKLEY, […].

4. 4
   noun

   small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch

Unadapted borrowing from French mademoiselle.

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