See damsel on Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "damsel bug"
},
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"word": "damselfish"
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"word": "damsel in distress"
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"word": "riverdamsel"
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"expansion": "Middle English dameisele",
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English dameisele, from Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, a diminutive from Classical Latin domina (“mistress, lady”), from dominus, from *demh₂-. Doublet of demoiselle, doncella, and donzella.",
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"form": "damsels",
"tags": [
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"glosses": [
"A young woman (of noble birth)."
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "(mladá) dáma"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "milostslečna"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 8 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"word": "neito"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 8 0 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dama"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 8 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"word": "hölgy"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 8 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"word": "úrhölgy"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 8 0 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"word": "domaisèla"
},
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"_dis1": "90 0 8 0 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "donzèla"
},
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"_dis1": "90 0 8 0 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "młoda dama"
},
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"_dis1": "90 0 8 0 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "donzela"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "báryšnja",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́рышня"
},
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"_dis1": "90 0 8 0 1",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "madɛmuazɛ́lʹ",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мадемуазе́ль"
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"roman": "dévuška",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
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],
"word": "де́вушка"
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"roman": "dámočka",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
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"humorous"
],
"word": "да́мочка"
}
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"A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience)."
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"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plac'h"
},
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"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "merc'h"
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"_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gospožica",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "госпожица"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "閨女"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guīnü",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "闺女"
},
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "panna"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "ungmo"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "neito"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "impi"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "immyt"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "neitsyt"
},
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"_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "demoiselle"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jeune femme"
},
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"_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jeune fille"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "doncela"
},
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"_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mädchen"
},
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"_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jungfrau"
},
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"_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "almah",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "עלמה"
},
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"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "lány"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
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"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "damzelo"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
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"word": "cailín"
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"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
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"word": "dziewica"
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"word": "fecioară"
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"word": "fecior"
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"roman": "devíca",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "деви́ца"
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"roman": "dévočka",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
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"word": "де́вочка"
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"word": "де́вушка"
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"english": "virgin",
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"roman": "dévstvennica",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
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"word": "де́вственница"
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"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
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"word": "ainnir"
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"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
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"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
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"word": "nighean"
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"feminine"
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"word": "doncella"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "muchacha"
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"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
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"word": "ungmö"
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"word": "flicka"
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"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
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"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
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"A young woman who is not married."
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"An unmarried lady-in-waiting."
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"ref": "1843, The Magazine of Science, and Schools of Art, volume 4, page 263:",
"text": "The spout that conveys the grain from the hopper to the eye or centre of the upper millstone rests against the spindle, just at the damsel, and thus receives an alternate back and forward motion, […]",
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"A chattering damsel (component of a mill)."
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{
"word": "damselfish"
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"word": "damselfly"
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"word": "damselhood"
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{
"word": "damsel in distress"
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{
"word": "riverdamsel"
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"ipa": "/ˈdæm.zəl/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
]
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{
"ipa": "/ˈdæm.zəl/",
"tags": [
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"word": "damoisel"
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"word": "damoiselle"
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{
"word": "damosel"
},
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"archaic"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "(mladá) dáma"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "milostslečna"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"word": "neito"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dama"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"word": "hölgy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"word": "úrhölgy"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"word": "domaisèla"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "donzèla"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "młoda dama"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "donzela"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "báryšnja",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́рышня"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "madɛmuazɛ́lʹ",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мадемуазе́ль"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dévuška",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "де́вушка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dámočka",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"humorous"
],
"word": "да́мочка"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plac'h"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "merc'h"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gospožica",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "госпожица"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "閨女"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guīnü",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "闺女"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "panna"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "ungmo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "neito"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "impi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "immyt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "neitsyt"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "demoiselle"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jeune femme"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jeune fille"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "doncela"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mädchen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jungfrau"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "almah",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "עלמה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "lány"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "leány"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "leányka"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"humorous"
],
"word": "leányzó"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "kisasszony"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "hajadon"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "leányasszony"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "damzelo"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cailín"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ainnir"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maighdean"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Mäakjen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dziewica"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "donzela"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fecioară"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fecior"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "devíca",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "деви́ца"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dévočka",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "де́вочка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dévuška",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "де́вушка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "virgin",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dévstvennica",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "де́вственница"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ainnir"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rìbhinn"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maighdeann"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nighean"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "doncella"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "muchacha"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ungmö"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "flicka"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "geneth"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rhiain"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "merch"
}
],
"word": "damsel"
}
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