Mademoiselle

Mad·e·moi·selle  (md-m-zl, md-mwä-zl)

n. pl. Mad·e·moi·selles (-zlz) or Mes·de·moi·selles (mdmwä-zl) Abbr. Mlle.

1. Used as a courtesy title before the surname or full name of a girl or an unmarried woman in a French-speaking area: Mademoiselle Turot; Mademoiselle Isabelle Turot.

2. mademoiselle Used as a form of polite address for a girl or young woman in a French-speaking area.

3. mademoiselle pl. mademoiselles A French governess.

4. mademoiselle pl. mademoiselle or mad·e·moi·selles See silver perch.

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[French, from Old French ma demoiselle : ma, my; see Madame + demoiselle, young lady (from damisele, from Vulgar Latin *dominicella, diminutive of Latin domina, lady; see Madame).]

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mademoiselle [ˌmædmwəˈzɛl (French) madmwazɛl]

n pl mesdemoiselles [ˌmeɪdmwəˈzɛl (French) medmwazɛl]

1. a young unmarried French girl or woman: usually used as a title equivalent to Miss

2. a French teacher or governess

[French, from ma my + demoiselle damsel]

Thesaurus

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mademoiselle - small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico Bairdiella chrysoura, silver perch drumfish, drum - small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise Bairdiella, genus Bairdiella - drumfish